Kanhaiya Gets Bail

JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested last month for their involvement in a controversial event in support of terrorist Afzal Guru, were granted bail by a court that observed that "both are highly educated persons".

JNU Students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar made a fiery speech on the university campus late tonight taking on the Narendra Modi-led government, hours after his release from jail.

Far away from Delhi - where a court granted bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University student Kanhaiya Kumar this evening - his family sat in their modest home in the small Bihar village of Barauni watching news on television all day long.

JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after he was arrested on sedition charges in a case that has led to mass protests and opposition allegations that the government is trying to crush dissent.

Security was increased at the Delhi High Court today for a hearing on JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar's request for bail, but it could not be taken up today for technical reasons. The Supreme Court declined to take up Mr Kumar's petition and asked the Centre and the Delhi Police to ensure that his lawyers get protection at the high court.

JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested last month for their involvement in a controversial event in support of terrorist Afzal Guru, were granted bail by a court that observed that "both are highly educated persons".

JNU Students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar made a fiery speech on the university campus late tonight taking on the Narendra Modi-led government, hours after his release from jail.

Far away from Delhi - where a court granted bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University student Kanhaiya Kumar this evening - his family sat in their modest home in the small Bihar village of Barauni watching news on television all day long.

JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after he was arrested on sedition charges in a case that has led to mass protests and opposition allegations that the government is trying to crush dissent.

Security was increased at the Delhi High Court today for a hearing on JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar's request for bail, but it could not be taken up today for technical reasons. The Supreme Court declined to take up Mr Kumar's petition and asked the Centre and the Delhi Police to ensure that his lawyers get protection at the high court.