I/II. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bombay-hc-grants-interim- bail-to-teesta-setalvad-husband/article5562176.ece
Updated: January 10, 2014 16:12 IST Bombay HC grants interim bail toTeesta Setalvad, husband VINAYA DESHPANDE A few days after the Gujarat police booked social activist TeestaSetalvad and others on charges of cheating and breach of trust, the Bombay High Court on Friday granted interim relief to her and her husband Javed Anand for three weeks. The duo had filed an application for anticipatory bail on January 8, soon after the Gujarat Police filed an FIR (First Information Report) allegedly at the behest of a former resident of Gulbarg society who claimed that Ms Setalvad, Mr Anand, Tanvir Jafri and two others had embezzled funds to the tune of Rs 1.5 crores which were meant for the construction of a memorial of 2002 riot victims at Gulberg society in Ahmedabad. The application filed by the duo pleaded that the FIR was filed with malafide intent. "The FIR is a malafide action of the Crime Branch, Ahmedabad, to intimidate a human rights defender. This is the fifth time that a false criminal case has been lodged since 2004 because of my and my organisation's consistent legal support to the victims of 2002 riots," the bail application stated. The applicants alleged that the FIR was the latest effort of intimidation by the "powerful forces in Gujarat who wish(ed) to stymie the appeal in the Zakia Jafri case". The Bombay High Court observed on Friday that the social activist had been falsely implicated in the past as well. Justice Mridula Bhatkar then granted interim relief of three weeks to Ms Setalvad and her husband. According to the FIR, the office-bearers of Ms Setalvad's NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace, and portal Sabrang have been booked under sections 438 of Criminal Procedure Code, 72(A) of Information Technology Act, and 406, 420 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. II. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-21/india/31082636_1_pandarwada-exhumation-gujarat-government SC slams Modi govt for 'spurious' case against Teesta Setalvad PTI Feb 21, 2012, 01.51PM IST NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Gujarat government for initiating a probe against social activist Teesta Setalvad for her alleged role in a case of illegal exhumation of the bodies of the 2002 riot victims, saying it is a "spurious" case to victimise her. "This is a hundred percent spurious case to victimise the petitioner (Setalvad)," said a bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai. Snipped On 11 January 2014 09:33, ANIL SHARMA <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a crude attempt by the self-styled bunch of secularists to > influence the judiciary.If the FIR against the confirmed > treacherous,Teesta, is false,filed as a revenge,then Hon'ble Court will > throw it out.Why these pseudo-intellectuals are howling in advance to > create confusion in the minds of people?Why ca'nt they wait for judicial > verdict?Have they lost faith in judiciary or do they consider themselves > above law? > > A.K.SHARMA > > *From:* Sukla Sen <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, 10 January 2014 11:29 PM > *Subject:* [INDIAN FIRST] Fwd: Citizens In support of Teesta Stalvad an > CJP > > > Dear Editors, > > The Gujarat government is trying to intimidate Citizens for Justice and > Peace activists fighting the Zakia Jafri case, by filing an FIR based on > trumped-up charges against them. > > Some eminent citizens led by historian Romila Thapar have issued a brief > (156-word) statement deploring this (attached). > > We would be grateful if you could carry it in full in your Letters to the > Editor column or another prominent space, with the names of all the > signatories, as soon as possible. > > Best regards, > > Praful Bidwai (on behalf of Romila Thapar) > > > Delhi > 10.1.2014 > > *Revenge the Shape of things to come* > > Indian citizens have just got a disturbing glimpse of how the state would > deal with dissidents and human-rights defenders should Narendra Modi come > to power nationally. Hardly had the ink dried on a magistrate’s judgment > exonerating Modi in the Zakia Jafri case, when the Gujarat police filed a > First Information Report against Teesta Setalvad and other Citizens for > Justice and Peace activists on patently trumped-up charges. > > Eleven months ago, the police had dropped investigations into these very > charges after CJP activists explained what they were working towards. The > sudden filing of the FIR is evidently in anticipation of CPJ’s decision to > appeal against the Jafri case judgment. This follows Gujarat’s > well-established pattern of harassment of critics, the intention being to > intimidate and silence them. Any attempt to prevent the early filing of an > appeal will subvert the process of justice. 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