Delhi High Court had ordered the bail of these three students almost 38 hours back, after no action was taken to release them, another plea was made in the Court that paved the way for today`s order to immediately release the three student activists.
Over a year back, Student-activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, and Asif Iqbal Tanha were arrested under UAPA for alleged conspiracy in the north-east Delhi riots case.
The three students walked out of Delhi`s Tihar jail today, hours after a court-ordered their immediate release.
"It shows the desperation of the government... We are women who are not scared of them," Kalita told reporters after coming out of the jail gates, amid a sea of supporters shouting slogans. "We survived because we received tremendous support from friends, from well-wishers. I thank them
Narwal who was out of jail for three weeks after the sudden demise of her father Mahavir Narwal due to Covid said she doesn`t want to comment on the case as it`s still in court.
"However, we would like to thank the Delhi High Court for upholding what we believe in. Any such protest that we have done is not terrorism. It was a democratic protest, led by women," Narwal said. Her brother, who came to receive her, said they miss their father, who if alive would have come to greet her on walking out of jail.
"They can only threaten us. They can threaten to incarcerate us, but that only strengthens our resolve to carry on our fight," Narwal said.
Today`s order to immediately release the three student activists came two days after the Delhi High Court granted bail to Narwal, Kalita, and Asif Iqbal Tanha, arrested in May last year under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear tomorrow a Delhi Police plea against the Delhi High Court decision to grant bail to the three student activists.
All three were given bail on Tuesday on personal bonds of ? 50,000 each and two sureties of a similar amount.
Other conditions for their release included the surrender of their passports.
The high court, while granting them bail on June 15, had observed that "in an anxiety to suppress dissent, the state has blurred the line between right to protest and terrorist activity" and if such a mindset gains traction, it would be a "sad day for democracy".
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