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. 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.
The Pinjra Tod activist was arrested last year in connection with the riots in Northeast Delhi and was booked under the UAPA
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