Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani released from jail

New Delhi: Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani, who was arrested in a case of sedition last month, was released from Tihar jail on Monday. [caption id=“attachment_2689496” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] SAR Geelani. IBNLive[/caption] “Geelani left the jail premises around 8.40 pm. His relatives and lawyer had come to receive him,” a senior official said. Geelani was lodged in jail number 1 in Tihar, the official said. A Delhi court on Monday issued the warrant for the release of Geelani. He had been granted bail last week in a sedition case. However, his release from Tihar Central jail was delayed as his permanent address in Jammu and Kashmir, mentioned in his bail bond, could not be verified. In its bail order, the judge had also said that Geelani “shall not leave the jurisdiction of Delhi without permission of court” and asked him to surrender his passport. Geelani was arrested on 16 February in connection with an event at Press Club of India in New Delhi during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised by a group. A case under charges of sedition, criminal conspiracy and unlawful assembly was registered in connection with the 10 Febraury event. The police had said the hall in the Press Club was booked by Geelani, through his associate Ali Javed by using his (Geelani’s) credit card and another man Mudassar was also involved. In 2001, Geelani was arrested by Delhi Police in connection with the Parliament attack case, but acquitted for “need of evidence” by the Delhi High Court in October 2003, a decision upheld by the Supreme Court in August 2005. PTI