New Delhi: Supreme Court granted bail to Malayali journalist Siddique Kappan. The Supreme Court granted bail in the UAPA case filed by the UP government. The family approached the Supreme Court when the Mathura court and the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court did not grant bail to Siddique Kappan. The UP government had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court last day stating that Siddique Kappan had close ties with the Popular Front.
The UP government alleges that Siddique is an active member of the Popular Front, which provides financial support to terrorist organizations. In the affidavit given in the Supreme Court, the UP government had pointed out that if Kappanis granted bail, the lives of the witnesses in the case are threatened.
Siddique Kappan was arrested by the UP police while he was going to report the rape and murder incident in Hathras.
