Chanting ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans: Amulya Leona gets bail in sedition case

Team Udayavani, Jun 11, 2020, 4:01 PM IST

Bengaluru: Amulya Leona, who was accused of sedition after raising ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans at an anti-Citizenship Act (CAA) rally in Bengaluru has been granted bail after almost four months, according to a NDTV report.

The development comes a day after the 60th additional city civil and sessions judge in Bengaluru declined to entertain her bail plea stating that she may abscond if released.

The verdict has come in Amulya’s favour as the state had failed to submit the chargesheet within 90 days stipulated time thus making her eligible for “default bail”

“The default bail application was moved before the magistrate under whose jurisdiction the alleged crime was committed. The chargesheet has not been submitted by the state within 90 days. So default bail has been granted. We had moved the default bail plea on May 26 and again on May 29 when the court told us the earlier mail IDs had been disabled. A physical application was filed on June 2. The state filed the chargesheet on June 3,” Amulya’s lawyer Prasanna R told NDTV.