Delhi HC grants bail to Natasha Narwal to perform last rites of father

New Delhi: JNU student Natasha Narwal was granted 3-week bail by Delhi High Court to perform the last rites of her father who succumbed to COVID-19. Narwal was arrested last year in May in connection with a case related to the communal riots in north-east Delhi

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and A J Bhambhani granted interim bail to Narwal, a Pinjra Tod activist, for three weeks subject to her furnishing of a personal bond of Rs 50,000.

The court granted the relief as her brother is also infected with COVID-19 and the state did not oppose the plea moved by her through advocate Adit S Pujari.

Pinjra Tod (Break the Cage) was founded in 2015 to make hostels and paying guest accommodations less restrictive for women students.