Re: [IAC#RG] Fwd: Arvind Kejriwal in jail!

The issue is that should he have been asked to enter a bond of surety or not. A bond of surety is filed to assure that court that the respondent will appear as and when required. If it was a political speech then it is unprecedented to ask for such a bond. I think they should appeal to the Court of appeal and get the matter clarified. In the mean time, Kejriwal's detention has been extended for another 14 days in a sweltering heat of the Tihar prison. Will this detention fetch him some political mileage which he so badly is seeking?  Devinder

From: Madhav Nalapat <mdnalapat@gmail.com>
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Fwd: Arvind Kejriwal in jail!

It is unfortunate that the (colonial-era) laws are such that an
individual can get sent to jail simply for calling a prosperous
politician corrupt. Whatever one's views on Arvind Kejriwal,his
incarceration will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression.The
Indian media,as is its won't,has chased the "lizard's tail" of Arvind
refusing to post a bail bond,while missing out on the "lizard" viz a
magistrate jailing an individual for what in more robust democracies
passes off as fair comment about political leaders

Madhav


On 5/22/14, Shaila S <shaila62@gmail.com> wrote:
> arvind kejriwal is a fraud

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