Assam: Jignesh Mevani is granted bail in an assault case

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• Apr 29, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

Digital Desk: Jignesh Mevani, a Gujarat politician who was detained this
week for allegedly assaulting a policewoman, was granted bail by a court in
Assam's Barpeta district on Friday. Mevani was detained again after being
released on bail in Kokrajhar in a different case involving alleged abusive
tweets directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#424242">"The district and
sessions court [Barpeta] granted Mevani bail on a Rs 1,000 bond."
"More information on the bail ruling is expected," Mevani's lawyer,
Angshuman Bora, said.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#424242">Mevani's attorneys
filed a new bail plea in the Barpeta court on Thursday, which deferred its
decision until Friday. Mevani was remanded in police detention for five days on
Tuesday.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#424242">The second case against
Mevani, who is the convener of the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch and voted for
Congress last year, was filed on April 21 in Barpeta under Indian Penal Code
Sections 294 (singing, reciting, or uttering obscene song, ballad, or words in
or near a public place), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 353 (assault or
criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty), and (assault or
criminal force on woman).

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Mevani, 41, reportedly used obscene language towards the
policewoman on April 21 while transporting the congressman from Guwahati
airport to Kokrajhar. On April 20, he was apprehended in Gujarat's Palanpur and
taken to Guwahati the next day. Mevani, a lawmaker from Vadgam, was escorted to
Kokrajhar, where governing Bharatiya Janata Party functionary Arup Kumar Dey
filed the charge pertaining to purported tweets against Modi.

Mevani was placed in three-day police remand on April 21 and
a day in court remand on April 24 before being detained again in connection
with the second case.