Nikita Jacob has sought interim protection from coercive steps by police, and a copy of the FIR filed in Delhi. (Source: Twitter/@nikitajacob) The Bombay High Court Wednesday granted three-week transit anticipatory bail to advocate and activist Nikita Jacob, against whom a non-bailable warrant is issued in Delhi in the Greta Thunberg toolkit case. The HC had reserved its order on Jacob’s plea on Tuesday.
Jacob has been booked under IPC Sections 124(A) for sedition, 153(A) for promoting enmity between different groups, and 120(B) for criminal conspiracy.
While issuing the non-bailable warrants against Jacob and Muluk, who work for a UK-based NGO Extinction Rebellion, Delhi Police had on Monday accused them of creating the toolkit tweeted by Thunberg on the farmers’ protest.
On Tuesday, a single-judge bench of Justice Vibha V Kankanwadi of the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court granted 10-day transit anticipatory bail to Muluk on a personal bond of Rs 50,000, to approach the competent/appropriate court for relief.