Natasha Narwal granted interim bail for three weeks after father dies due to COVID-19
The Pinjra Tod activist was arrested last year in connection with the riots in Northeast Delhi and was booked under the UAPA
File image of Natasha Narwal. Twitter
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday granted bail to JNU student Natasha Narwal, arrested last year in May in connection with the communal riots in north-east Delhi, to perform the last rites of her father Mahavir Narwal who died during treatment for COVID-19
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A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and AJ Bhambhani granted interim bail to Narwal, a Pinjra Tod activist, for three weeks subject to her furnishing of a personal bond of Rs 50,000.
The court granted the relief as her brother is also infected with COVID-19 and the state did not oppose the plea moved by her through advocate Adit S Pujari.
Pinjra Tod (Break the Cage) was founded in 2015 to make hostels and paying guest accommodations less restrictive for women students.
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