Delhi HC extends protection from arrest granted to activist Nadeem Khan
Khan, charged with promoting enmity and criminal conspiracy, would be given seven days’ notice if his custodial interrogation is needed, said the police.
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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday extended the protection from arrest granted to human rights activist Nadeem Khan, reported Bar and Bench.
Khan, the national secretary of the Association for the Protection of Civil Rights, has been charged with promoting enmity between groups and criminal conspiracy. The Delhi Police booked Khan on November 30 based on a widely shared video.
On December 3, Justice Jasmeet Singh granted interim protection from arrest to Khan and directed him to join the police investigation the next day. He was also ordered not to leave Delhi without the investigating officer’s permission.
On Wednesday, the police told the court that Khan would not be arrested while the investigation in the case is ongoing, reported Live Law. They also said that Khan would be given seven days’ notice in case his custodial interrogation is required.
The court disposed of the pleas filed by Khan and the Association for the Protection of Civil Rights seeking quashing of the first information report registered against him.
The FIR against Khan, seen by Scroll, pertains to an event in Hyderabad from November 14 to November 16, in which the Association for Protection of Civil Rights had participated.
The organisation describes itself as working to uphold civil liberties.
A member of Khan’s organisation told Scroll that the event had featured discussions on the Supreme Court’s guidelines...
