“Allah has answered the prayers of all the followers, friends and family,” said his older sister Farkhanda.
Police across India are reporting serious charges like NSA or sedition with abandon. Often times, it is difficult not to conclude that the intention is to harass the accused and to ensure that the process itself becomes a form of punishment. The order of the higher court is welcome in this context.
His lawyer had approached Aligarh DM District with your release request.
The higher court said: “Dr. Kafeel Khan has spent more than seven months in prison for his public speech against CAA and NRC outside Aligarh Muslim University, saying that the pediatrician’s arrest under the National Security Act for his alleged Hate speech was “bad” AND “unsustainable in the eyes of the law.”
In a strong verdict that accused authorities of slapping Khan on the “whim” of the NSA and invoking charges against him for acting against national integration, the court said his December 12 speech did not foster hatred. nor violence.
Dr. Kafeel Khan with his brother, Kashif Khan
He said that contrary to the accusations against Khan, his speech threatened the peace and tranquility of Aligarh, his speech called for integrity and national unity and disapprove
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