Toolkit Case: Court has stayed the arrest of Nikita Jacobs for 3 weeks

Nikita Jacob has received major relief from the Bombay High Court in the toolkit case. The court has stayed the arrest of Nikita Jacob for 3 weeks. The Court has held that Nikita Jacob had no political, religious agenda. Nikita is accused of playing an important role in creating a toolkit.

During this time, Delhi Police cannot arrest Nikita. The court also says that if Nikita is arrested, she can get relief on a bond of 25 thousand. Significantly, Justice Naik's bench also referred to the decision of the Aurangabad bench after which Nikita was granted relief. Delhi Police had also issued a non-bailable warrant against Nikita Jacob.

Toolkit for supporting the peasant movement-

Advocating on behalf of Nikita Jacob in the court, senior advocate Mihir Desai had stated that the toolkit was designed by many to support the farmers' movement. It neither mentions the performance of the Red Fort nor promotes any kind of violence. But despite all this, a case has been registered under serious sections.

Nikita, Shantanu prepared a 'toolkit'-

Amid the uproar over the arrest of environmental activist Disha Ravi, Delhi Police on Monday alleged that Disha along with two other suspects Nikita Jacob and Shantanu had prepared a 'toolkit' related to the farmers' demonstration and shared it on social media. Police claim that Disha sent a toolkit to environmental activist Greta Thunberg through the Telegram app.

Nikita was involved in the Khalistan meeting.
Prem Nath, Joint Commissioner of Cyber ​​Cell of Delhi Police, claimed that Disha has deleted a WhatsApp group ready to disseminate the 'toolkit'. He said Nikita and Shantanu had also attended the zoom meeting organized by the pro-Khalistan group Poetic Justice Foundation (PJF). Nikita was also one of the toolkit document editors. Disha, Shantanu and Nikita prepared the toolkit and edited it. Disha sent toolkit to Greta via Telegram app. Also, Disha also deleted a WhatsApp group that was created to spread the toolkit.