The Allahabad excessive courtroom has transferred the trial against three Jammu and Kashmir students from the courtroom of Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace (CJM), Agra to the courtroom of CJM, Saharanpur. The children, all of whom are students of an engineering faculty in Agra, had been accused of elevating pro-Pakistan slogans following Pakistan’s victory in a T20 Cricket World Cup match against India in 2021.
Justice Om Prakash Tripathi handed the order on a switch plea moved by the students, whose counsel submitted earlier than the courtroom that the Agra District Bar Affiliation had determined that none of its members would defend the candidates.
The counsel for the candidates additionally submitted that the latter had been accused of sedition. Therefore, they had been feeling inconvenience if the trial went on in Agra.
Permitting the switch software filed by Inayat Altaf Shekh and others, the courtroom handed the above directives, and said: “Contemplating the submission of the candidates and holding in thoughts the information and circumstances of the case, the courtroom discovered it acceptable to switch the case crime no- 675/2021, beneath part 153A (selling enmity between completely different teams), 505(1)(b) (with intent to trigger, or which is probably going to trigger, worry or alarm to the general public, or to any part of the general public), 124A (sedition) Indian Penal Code (IPC) and part 66F of Data Know-how Act.”
“Therefore, this case, which was initially registered at police station Jagdishpura of Agra district is recalled and transferred from the courtroom of chief judicial Justice of the Peace (CJM), Agra to the courtroom of CJM, Saharanpur for disposal in accordance with the regulation,” the courtroom added.
The courtroom, in its order dated January 11, which got here to gentle on Monday, additional directed {that a} copy of the order be despatched to the classes judges of Agra and Saharanpur for mandatory compliance.
The three students—Inayat Altaf Sheikh, Arsheed Yusuf and Showkat Ahmed Ganai—had been arrested on October 27 by Agra Police. Subsequently, they had been granted bail within the case final yr by the excessive courtroom.
All three had been booked beneath sections 124 A (sedition) and different sections of IPC and likewise beneath 66-F of the Data Know-how (IT) Act for allegedly sending objectionable messages on WhatsApp after the match.
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