A Delhi court on Friday modified former Delhi Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan’s bail conditions allowing her to travel all over India without prior permission of the court. A practising advocate, Jahan was the first person to be granted bail after spending two years in jail in the Delhi riots Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case in 2022.
However, a trial court granted bail to Jahan with the condition that she must not leave the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi without prior permission from the court. Later, this condition was modified to Delhi National Capital Region (NCR).
Dissatisfied with this bail condition, advocate Aadil Singh Boparai representing Jahan moved an application stating that the bail condition inhibiting her from travelling outside NCR without the permission of the court was affecting her professional pursuits to practise before other courts in India.
Granting her request, the court modified the bail condition to the extent that she “shall…
