New Delhi: Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the anticipatory bail application filed by social activist and lawyer Nikita Jacob in the toolkit case.
The court said that the matter will be heard along with Pune-based engineer Shantanu Muluk’s plea who was also arrested by Delhi police with Jaco on March 9.
Jacob had been granted protection from arrest for three weeks by the Bombay High Court on 17 February. Her house was raided by the Delhi Police on February 11, after which a non-bailable warrant was issued against her.
Police have accused Jacob of helping edit the social media toolkit on the farm protest.
The Delhi police are investigating a case related to the social media toolkit. The police claimed that it was created in support of the ongoing farmers’ agitation against the three contentious laws. The police have also linked the toolkit with the Republic Day clashes in the Capital during the farmers’ tractor rally.
On Thursday, the court had granted interim protection from arrest to Muluk till March 9 in continuation of the 10-day transit bail given to him by the Bombay high court on February 16.
The document was first publicised by Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist, who has been vocal about her support to farmers agitating at Delhi border for over three months now.
