{"id":280382,"date":"2022-12-26T13:30:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=280382"},"modified":"2023-01-02T14:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T09:24:06","slug":"allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Allahabad High Court grants bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

   <\/p>\n

Allahabad High Court: <\/span>In a bail application plea filed by Siddique Kappan under Section 45<\/a> of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002<\/a> (‘PMLA') read with Section 439<\/a> of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973<\/a> (‘CrPC'), seeking bail in a case filed under Section 3<\/a> or 4<\/a> of the PMLA<\/a>, Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. after considering the facts, coupled with the contention regarding twin conditions under Section 45<\/a> PMLA<\/a> , and that there is no likelihood of Siddique Kappan to commit the same offence in future, and the fact that he has already been in prison from 05-10-2020 till he was enlarged on bail by the Supreme Court, and thereafter he is in custody of the Enforcement Directorate, held that Siddique Kappan is entitled to be released on bail.<\/p>\n

In the case at hand, Siddique Kappan is a press reporter and had been working for ‘Azhimukham.com'. He was travelling to Hathras to cover up an incident which had received wide coverage in media and was arrested by the U.P. Police on 05-10-2020 in respect of offences under Sections 153-A<\/a>, 295-A<\/a> and 124<\/a> of the Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (‘IPC'), Sections 17<\/a> and 18<\/a> of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967<\/a> (‘UAPA') and Sections 65<\/a>, 72<\/a> and 76<\/a> of the Information Technology Act, 2000<\/a>(‘IT Act').<\/p>\n

Further, Siddique Kappan had been granted bail by the Supreme Court vide judgment and order dated 09-09-2022. However, before Siddique Kappan could have come out of jail pursuant to the said judgment, a complaint under Section 3 or 4 read with Sections 44<\/a> and 45<\/a> of the PMLA<\/a> came to be filed on which cognizance was taken on 10-02-2022.<\/p>\n

In the complaint, it was alleged that Siddique Kappan being a member of Popular Front of India (‘PFI') is a part of a larger conspiracy hatched by K.A. Rauf Sherif, Secretary of PFI to visit Hathras with an intention to disturb communal harmony, instigating riots and spreading terror and to fund anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest and for other unlawful activities of PFI. It was further alleged that to give effect to the criminal conspiracy, the money was collected from abroad through bogus and manufactured transactions, and the same was transferred into the account of the co-accused.<\/p>\n

Siddique Kappan submitted that, his association with PFI, even if it is believed to be true, would not make out an offence under the PMLA. Further, the twin conditions, as prescribed under Section 45<\/a> PMLA<\/a>, are not <\/a>attracted in the present case, in as much as the proceeds of crime which has been dealt with allegedly by the accused is only Rs. 5,000\/-, whereas to attract twin conditions of Section 45<\/a> PMLA<\/a>, proceeds of crime should be Rs. 1 Crore or more.<\/span><\/p>\n

The respondent submitted that the proceeds of crime, has been utilized by K.A. Rauf Sherif and Siddique Kappan for commission of the scheduled offences and, therefore, twin conditions are not satisfied, as mentioned under Section 45 of the PMLA to enlarge Siddique Kappan on bail under the PMLA.<\/p>\n

The Court said that except for allegations that Rs. 5,000\/- was transferred to the bank account of the co-accused(Atikur Rahman), there is no other transaction, either in the bank account of Siddique Kappan or in the bank account of the co-accused. Further, even if it is believed that part of proceeds of crime was transferred in the bank account of Atikur Rahman, that itself may not be sufficient to prove that Siddique Kappan has dealt with the proceeds of crime amounting to Rs. 1,36,14,291\/- which had been allegedly received by K.A. Rauf Sherif.<\/p>\n

Thus, the Court released Siddique Kappan on bail.<\/p>\n

[Siddique Kappan v. Directorate of Enforcement, 2022 SCC OnLine All 898<\/a>, order dated 23-12-2022<\/span>]<\/p>\n

Also read:<\/span> Sessions Court rejects Siddique Kappan’s Bail plea in Money Laundering Case | SCC Blog (scconline.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n

Counsel for Applicant: –<\/span> Advocate Ishan Baghel, Advocate Mohd. Khalid<\/p>\n

Counsel for Opposite Party: –<\/span> Advocate Kuldeep Srivastava<\/p>\n\n

*Apoorva Goel, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allahabad High Court said that even if it is believed that part of proceeds of crime was transferred in the bank account of Atikur Rahman, that itself may not be sufficient to prove that Siddique Kappan has dealt with the proceeds of crime which had been allegedly received by K.A. Rauf Sherif. Thus, granted him bail.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":278729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[2510,53842,2664,11941,34084,53389,52707,5363],"class_list":["post-280382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-Allahabad_High_Court","tag-atikur-rahman","tag-Bail","tag-crpc","tag-pmla","tag-popular-front-of-india","tag-siddique-kappan","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"\nAllahabad High Court grants bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a bail application plea filed by Siddique Kappan under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (\u2018PMLA')\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Allahabad High Court grants bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a bail application plea filed by Siddique Kappan under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (\u2018PMLA')\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-26T08:00:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-02T09:24:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image31.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"310\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\",\"name\":\"Allahabad High Court grants bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image31.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-26T08:00:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-02T09:24:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"description\":\"In a bail application plea filed by Siddique Kappan under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (\u2018PMLA')\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image31.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image31.jpg\",\"width\":390,\"height\":310,\"caption\":\"Allahabad High Court\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Allahabad High Court grants bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Allahabad High Court grants bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case | SCC Times","description":"In a bail application plea filed by Siddique Kappan under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (\u2018PMLA')","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Allahabad High Court grants bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case","og_description":"In a bail application plea filed by Siddique Kappan under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (\u2018PMLA')","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2022-12-26T08:00:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-02T09:24:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":390,"height":310,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image31.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","name":"Allahabad High Court grants bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image31.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-26T08:00:42+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-02T09:24:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe"},"description":"In a bail application plea filed by Siddique Kappan under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (\u2018PMLA')","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image31.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image31.jpg","width":390,"height":310,"caption":"Allahabad High Court"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/26\/allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-journalist-siddique-kappan-in-pmla-case-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Allahabad High Court grants bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image31.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":276526,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/02\/sessions-court-rejects-siddique-kappan-bail-application-plea-money-laundering-legal-research-legal-news-u\/","url_meta":{"origin":280382,"position":0},"title":"Sessions Court rejects Siddique Kappan’s Bail plea in Money Laundering Case","author":"Editor","date":"November 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Sessions Court (Lucknow): In a bail application filed by Siddique Kappan for offences under Section 3 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (\u2018PMLA'), Sanjay Shankar Pandey (Sessions Judge) has rejected his bail plea. In the bail application, it was asserted that Siddique Kappan is innocent and has committed no\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-202-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-202-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-202-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-202-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-202-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":287386,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/03\/21\/hathras-conspiracy-case-preventive-detention-of-citizen-for-just-and-plausible-reasons-is-a-measure-permissible-under-law-allahabad-high-court-grants-bail-to-atikur-rehman\/","url_meta":{"origin":280382,"position":1},"title":"[Hathras Conspiracy case]: \u201cPreventive detention of citizen for just and plausible reasons is a measure permissible under law\u201d; Allahabad High Court grants bail to Atikur Rehman","author":"Apoorva","date":"March 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Allahabad High Court granted bail to Atikur Rehman who was arrested in 2020 along with Siddique Kappan and two others on their way to meet the family of the Hathras Rape and Murder victim.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Allahabad High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MicrosoftTeams-image-476.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MicrosoftTeams-image-476.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MicrosoftTeams-image-476.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MicrosoftTeams-image-476.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":317925,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/03\/20\/allahabad-hc-grants-bail-to-siddique-kappan-co-accused-masood-uapa-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":280382,"position":2},"title":"Read why Allahabad HC granted bail to Siddique Kappan\u2019s co-accused Masood in UAPA Case","author":"Apoorva","date":"March 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Allahabad High Court noted that Masood has been languishing in jail since 05-10-2020. Further, it said that there is not even a prima facie case, establishing the complicity of Masood and the nature and gravity of charges and the absence of criminal history on his part require his release on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Allahabad High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Allahabad-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Allahabad-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Allahabad-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Allahabad-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":282935,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/02\/02\/lucknow-court-signs-release-order-of-siddique-kappan-kerala-journalist-hathras-gangrape-legalnews-legalresearch-legalawareness\/","url_meta":{"origin":280382,"position":3},"title":"Lucknow Court signs release order of Siddique Kappan after being granted bail for offences under PMLA and UAPA","author":"Editor","date":"February 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Sessions Court, Lucknow: In a case filed by the Enforcement Directorate against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who was incarcerated under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and obtained bail in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Sessions Judge, Lucknow signed his release order to help him walk out free\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sessions Court, Lucknow","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MicrosoftTeams-image-256.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":273414,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/09\/sidhique-kappan-hathras-gangrape-bail-23-months-prison-conditions-imposed-supreme-court-cji-lalit-legal-research-updates-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":280382,"position":4},"title":"Journalist Siddique Kappan gets bail after 23 months in prison; cannot leave Delhi for 6 weeks: Supreme Court\u00a0","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"September 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Kerala journalist was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on his way to Hathras, Uttar Pradesh to report on the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman, who later died in the Hospital.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Journalist-Sidhique-Kappan-gets-bail-after-23-months-in-prison-Cannot-leave-Delhi-for-6-weeks-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Journalist-Sidhique-Kappan-gets-bail-after-23-months-in-prison-Cannot-leave-Delhi-for-6-weeks-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Journalist-Sidhique-Kappan-gets-bail-after-23-months-in-prison-Cannot-leave-Delhi-for-6-weeks-1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Journalist-Sidhique-Kappan-gets-bail-after-23-months-in-prison-Cannot-leave-Delhi-for-6-weeks-1.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Journalist-Sidhique-Kappan-gets-bail-after-23-months-in-prison-Cannot-leave-Delhi-for-6-weeks-1.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":282167,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/01\/21\/allahabad-high-court-order-rejecting-siddique-kappans-discharge-application-is-against-law-propounded-by-sc-remits-the-matter-back-to-the-trial-court\/","url_meta":{"origin":280382,"position":5},"title":"Order rejecting Siddique Kappan’s discharge application is against law propounded by SC; Allahabad High Court remits the matter back to the Trial Court to decide afresh","author":"Editor","date":"January 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"If statute provides for anything to be done in a particular manner, then it must be done in that manner alone and not otherwise and thus, the impugned order rejecting Siddique Kappan's discharge application is against the law propounded by the Supreme Court","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Allahabad High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image31.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}