JNU students Umar Khalid, Anirban get six-month interim bail in sedition case

A Delhi court on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya who were arrested on charges of sedition

A Delhi court on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on charges of sedition.

Both have been asked to furnish a bail bond of Rs.25,000 each.

The court also asked the two Jawaharlal Nehru University students not to leave Delhi without the court's permission.

The two students have been held on charges of sedition after they were accused of organising a public event at Jawaharlal Nehru University where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised. 

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Earlier this week, a Delhi court had extended their judicial custody by 14 days. 

While Khalid had initially gone into hiding, he later resurfaced on campus and surrendered to Delhi Police. 

Earlier, JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar had also been arrested on sedition charges; he was later also released on interim bail.