JNU'students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya's bail plea will now be heard on March 18. Both the students are in jail on charges of sedition. They had filed an application for bail yesterday when their custody was extended by 14 days. The court heard the matter through video conferencing.

On February 25, Umar and Anirban were remanded in police custody after the hearing at the South Campus police station near JNU.


The police station was turned into a makeshift courtroom on the Delhi high court's order to "maintain confidentiality'.

Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya's counsel told the court that the Delhi Government's report suggested that the video was tampered with. "There were outsiders at the venue as well. People shouting slogans haven't been identified as yet. The perception amongst media and society that these people did something wrong is a matter of opinion not a matter of law.


On March 1, the court had sent Umar and Anirban to judicial custody. Umar's lawyer Jawahar Raja, who filed the bail plea, said no purpose will be served by keeping his client in custody.