SAR Geelani's bail plea hearing tomorrow

A Delhi court on Friday will hear the arguments on the bail application moved by former Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani, arrested under sedition charges in connection with a Press Club event.

The matter was deferred for tomorrow as the judge concerned was on leave today.

Geelani, who is in judicial custody, had yesterday moved a fresh bail application before the Patiala House Courts registry and was listed for today before Additional Sessions Judge Deepak Garg, who was absent.

Earlier on February 19, a magisterial court had dismissed the bail plea of Geelani, who was arrested on February 16.

At the Press Club event, a group had allegedly shouted slogans hailing Afzal Guru, following which the police had lodged a case against Geelani and other unnamed persons.

The police had claimed to have registered the FIR taking suo motu cognisance of media clips of the incident.

Following registration of the FIR, the police questioned DU professor Ali Javed, a Press Club member who had booked the hall for the event, for two days.

Geelani was arrested in connection with the 2001 Parliament attack case but was acquitted for need of evidence by the Delhi High Court in October 2003, a decision upheld by the Supreme Court in August 2005.