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HC to hear plea seeking arrest of 5 JNU students

These students resurfaced in JNU and the VC had refused to give permission to Delhi Police to enter the university campus to arrest the students

Bs_logoJNU students protest inside the university campus against the arrest of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo by Kamal Singh
JNU students protest inside the university campus against the arrest of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo by Kamal Singh
Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 23 2016 | 1:36 PM IST
The Delhi High Court agreed Tuesday to give an urgent hearing to a plea seeking immediate arrest of the five JNU students accused of raising anti-India slogans.

The petition, which will be heard Tuesday, was filed before a bench of justices B D Ahmed and R K Gauba and it also sought a direction to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to allow Delhi Police to enter its premises to arrest the five students- Umar Khalid, Anant Prakash Narayan, Ashutosh Kumar, Rama Naga and Anirban Bhattacharya.

"Direct respondent 4 (JNU) to permit respondent 3 (Delhi Police Commissioner) to enter premises of Respondent 4 and to arrest the respondents 5 to 10 (JNU students) and other accused person connected with the said case," the plea said.

The petition mentioned through senior advocate Adish C Aggarwala and advocate V K Anand also sought action against the faculty members of the University for allegedly trying to "obstruct the process of administration of criminal justice system and assisting for violation of law of lands."

Citing media reports, the petition said on February 21 the five students wanted in the case resurfaced in JNU at around 8 PM, adding that on Monday the Vice Chancellor had refused to give permission to Delhi Police to enter the university campus to arrest the students.

"Hence it is crystal clear from the above mentioned facts that the respondents have no respect for the law of the land and taking the country to ransom by playing dirty politics," it said.

It also sought direction to the Central and Delhi government, Delhi Police and JNU to file status report of the entire incident till date.

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First Published: Feb 23 2016 | 1:13 PM IST

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