Here's why Mumbai court granted bail to Navneet and Ravi Rana | In points
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Maharashtra MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana were granted bail in a sedition case lodged against them for allegedly "trying to incite communal violence by reciting Hanuman Chalisa in front of CM Uddhav Thackeray's house". A detailed copy of the bail court's order was made available on Friday. Here's what it said.
A special Mumbai court said in its order on Wednesday that Maharashtra MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana "undoubtedly crossed the line of freedom of speech" guaranteed under the Constitution". The order, however, said that the mere expression of derogatory or objectionable words may not be a sufficient ground for invoking the charge of sedition against them.
Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana were arrested on April 23 and sent to judicial custody on April 24. They were charged with sedition in a case lodged against them for allegedly "trying to incite communal violence by reciting Hanuman Chalisa in front of [Maharashtra] CM Uddhav Thackeray's house".
The couple was granted bail on Wednesday over bonds of Rs 50,000 each with one or more surety of the same amount. A detailed copy of the bail court's order was made available on Friday.
