Honeypreet's bail plea rejected

September 26, 2017 20:01

The Delhi high court has dismissed the bail application of Honeypreet Insan, who is facing charges of sedition and inciting violence after the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim in twin rape cases.

The court asked the counsel for Honeypreet, who claims to be the adopted daughter of the jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief, to move the Punjab and Haryana high court for anticipatory bail.

Priyanka Taneja alias Honeypreet tops the list of 43 persons wanted by the Haryana Police in connection with incidents of violence that had followed Ram Rahim's conviction in the rape cases.

Earlier, Honeypreet's advocate had sought the relief saying she was a lady, who was not running away and was ready to join the probe if protected by this court.

"It is to humiliate me. I am not required for custodial interrogation. If I am given protection from here, I will move to Panchkula court or the Punjab and Haryana high court for anticipatory bail. I am not even named in the FIR. What kind of sedition charges can be there against me," advocate Pradeep Kumar Arya, who represented Honeypreet, said.

He said Honeypreet was apprehending arrest in Delhi and the police had raided her house in Delhi on Tuesday.

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