Bail to Pinjra Tod member, Delhi High Court says no evidence of hate speech

Written by Sofi Ahsan
| New Delhi |

Updated: September 2, 2020 9:18:26 am





Pinjra Tod member Devangana Kalita has been in prison since the last week of May.(File Photo)

THE DELHI High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Pinjra Tod activist and Jawaharlal Nehru University student Devangana Kalita in a Northeast Delhi violence case, saying police failed to produce any material to prove that her speech instigated women of any particular community or that she gave a hate speech.

Kalita has been in prison since the last week of May.

In his order, Justice Suresh Kumar Kait said, “In my considered opinion, no prejudice would be caused to the respondent’s investigation by grant of relief to the petitioner, and…

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