Allahabad High Court grants bail to Atikur Rehman, arrested with journalist Siddique Kappan

The Allahabad High Court has allowed the bail application of the ‘Hathras Conspiracy’ case accused Atikur Rehman who was arrested in October 2020 along with journalist Siddique Kappan and two others

The Allahabad High Court has allowed the bail application of the ‘Hathras Conspiracy’ case accused Atikur Rehman who was arrested in October 2020 along with journalist Siddique Kappan and two others on their way to Hathras to meet the family members of a gang rape and murder victim, in the Prevention of Money Laundering Activities (PMLA) case.

A Single Bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Atikur Rahman.

The application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in a case under Section 3/4 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, registered at Police Station Directorate of Enforcement ((headquarter investigative unit, New Delhi.