The Gauhati High Court on Monday admitted Assam activist Akhil Gogoi’s petition against the National Investigation Agency’s rejection of his bail in a case related to protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, reported PTI. The court directed the agency to produce the case records on October 13.
Gogoi was arrested for his alleged role in instances of violence during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Assam last year. In August, an NIA court in Guwahati had rejected his bail application. Gogoi had then approached the High Court.
A bench comprised of Justices Kalyan Rai Surana and Ajit Borthakur heard the case on Monday. Rahul Shensua, a member of Gogoi’s legal team, told news channel Time8 that the investigation agency sought more time to file an objection. “NIA asked for four weeks of time to file an objection; however, the division bench…