Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Tahir Madani

Court grants bail to Tahir Madani arrested in anti-CAA protest case

An Uttar Pradesh court Friday granted bail to Tahir Madani, an Islamic scholar and General Secretary of Rashtriya Ulama Council, in a case related to protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Azamgarh.

65-year-old Muslim scholar remains jailed in UP for protesting CAA

On 6 February 2020, police booked Madani and 134 anti-CAA protesters under various sections of IPC including the charge 124 A (Sedition), 153 A (promoting enmity), violating prohibitory orders, 332 (Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 186 (Obstructing public servant).