NEW DELHI: A Delhi court granted Tuesday bail the climate activist Disha ravi, saying that a call for violence in the Toolbox because the agitation of the farmers was “conspicuously absent.”
In a significant observation, he added that citizens were guardians of the conscience of government in any democratic nation and cannot be imprisoned simply because they choose not to agree with state policy. politics.
In an 18-page bail order, additional sessions judge Dharmender Rana said: “The crime of sedition cannot be invoked to minister to the wounded vanity of governments. Difference of opinion, disagreement, divergence, dissent, or even disapproval are recognized legitimate tools for infusing state policy with objectivity. A conscious and assertive citizenship, as opposed to an indifferent or docile citizenry, is indisputably a sign of a healthy and vibrant democracy ”.
” firm roots in society ”, and send her to jail.
The prosecution had alleged “links” between Disha and a “pro-Khalistani secessionist group”, the Poetic Justice Foundation, which was associated with the creation of the toolkit document.
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