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Cartoonist Trivedi gets bail, refuses freedom
till charge dropped
Tuesday September 11, 2012 08:21:48 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: In an
embarrassment to the Maharashtra government, the Bombay High Court
granted bail to jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi here late Tuesday.
However he refused to be freed till the sedition charges against
him were dropped, an activist said.
A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Nitin
Jamdar granted the bail, following a public interest litigation
filed by lawyer Sanskar Marathe.
According to India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Preeti Menon,
the bail was granted at a sum of Rs.5,000.
However, Trivedi has declined to be released until the sedition
charge, slapped by Mumbai Police on him, is withdrawn, said IAC's
Mayank Gandhi.
The development came barely hours after Home Minister R.R. Patil
said that police and state law department's opinions would be
sought on the charge of sedition against Trivedi.
"After getting the details, we shall decide on withdrawing the
sedition charge on the cartoonist," Patil told media persons.
Trivedi was arrested last Saturday by Mumbai Police which charged
him, among other things, with sedition for insulting national
emblems and the Constitution during the anti-corruption movement
led by Anna Hazare here December 2011.
The Mumbai Police's action created outrage in media and public
circles with all-round condemnation from various quarters in India
and abroad.
Under pressure, the Mumbai Police attempted to wriggle out of the
situation by completing Trivedi's interrogation and producing him
before a Mumbai court, barely 24 hours after he was sent to seven
days' police custody Sunday. Trivedi was Monday sent to judicial
custody till Sep 24.
The writ petition filed by Marathe, contending that the sedition
charge against Trivedi was illegal and he should be released
forthwith came up before a division bench Tuesday which granted
bail to the cartoonist.
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