Kanhaiya Kumar moves bail plea in Delhi High Court

JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail.

The president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union moved the bail application two days after a lower court sent him to judicial custody till March 2.

In his bail plea, Kumar said there has been a repeated breakdown of law and order machinery at the Patiala House Court complex, both before and after the order of apex court.

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"It is most serious and egregious that such breakdown does not cease even after the writ of this Court. The situation as it prevails, does not inspire any confidence in the Petitioner and violates his right and aspiration of Justice not only be done, but seem to have been done. The Petitioner's right of access to justice is gravely and severely impeded," the plea further said.
 

Kumar, who has been booked under sedition charge in connection with an event in JNU where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised last week, has been arrested by Delhi Police.