Court drops breach of peace charges against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan
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Around eight months after they were arrested on their way to Hathras, a court in Mathura dropped the breach of peace charges against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and three others.
A Mathura court has dropped proceedings on charges related to apprehension of breach of peace against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and three others. The charges were dropped as the police failed to complete the inquiry against them within the prescribed period of six months. Sub Divisional Magistrate, Maant, Ram Datt Ram, on Tuesday discharged accused Atikurrahman, Aalam, journalist Siddique Kappan and Masood arrested under sections 151, 107, 116 CrPC on October 5, 2020 by Maan police, defence counsel Madhuban Datt Chaturvedi said.More Related News