Supreme Court: Kerala has been granted bail by the Supreme Court to journalist Siddiqui Kappan. Kappan was arrested by the UP Police on his way to Hathras in 2020. The UP government had filed a case against Kappan under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
The Supreme Court has granted bail to Siddi Kappan, arrested for conspiring to incite violence in the Hathras case. Kappan was arrested on 5 October 2020 from Mathura when he was on his way to Hathras. The Allahabad High Court had refused to grant bail to Siddiqui, saying the matter was serious. While granting bail, the top court ordered that Siddiqui will remain in Delhi for the next six weeks and attend the local police station, after which he can go to Kerala.
The UP government had opposed Kappan's bail application in the Supreme Court. The UP government had given an affidavit in the top court which said that Kappan had links with extremist organizations like PFI running anti-national agenda. The UP government had alleged that Kappan was involved in a conspiracy to incite terrorist and religious violence in the country.