A court in Delhi on Thursday granted protection from arrest till March 9 to activist Shantanu Muluk in the case related to his alleged role in the creation of an online document intended to help amplify farmer protests, Bar and Bench reported.
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana granted him relief after the Delhi Police said it needed time to conduct further interrogation before filing a detailed reply to Muluk’s anticipatory bail plea. The activist had moved the Patiala House Court seeking protection from arrest on February 23.
During the hearing, Assistant Public Prosecutor Irfan Ahmed told the court that the police needed seven more days to file their response. “We need to confront him,” Ahmed said. “There are contradictory replies. We will file a detailed reply.”
Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for Muluk, said she had no objections with that, and urged the court to extend the activist’s interim protection in the meantime. To this, the public…
