A leader of UP Navnirman Sena, who is absconding in a case relating to conspiracy to kill JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, was on Thursday denied anticipatory bail by the Delhi High Court.
Justice Pratibha Rani declined to grant relief to accused Amit Jani, saying his alleged role in the incident in which a loaded pistol and a letter threatening to kill Kanhaiya and Umar Khalid, who were arrested under sedition charges over a controversial JNU event, were recovered from a bag in a DTC bus and needs to be investigated by the police.
“No anticipatory bail at this stage. Arms were recovered from the bag and it needs to be investigated by the police,” the court said.
The court was hearing the anticipatory bail filed by Jani, who claimed that he was falsely implicated by the police as he had not written any letter threatening to behead the two.
Jani, through his counsel Rajesh Sachdeva, submitted that he has no connection with the gun allegedly found in the bus.
Delhi police counsel Amit Ahlawat opposed the plea saying the bag, in which the gun was kept, has four live cartridge and it was required to be probed.
