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Toolkit case: Bombay HC grants transit bail to Nikita Jacob for three weeks

In case of arrest, she will be released on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 and one surety of like amount.

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Toolkit case: Bombay HC grants transit bail to Nikita Jacob for three weeks
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Nikita Jacob, who was arrested in the toolkit case, has been granted transit anticipatory bail from three weeks from the Bombay High Court. She appeared in the court in connection with an FIR registered by the Delhi police in the matter.

In case of arrest, she will be released on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 and one surety of like amount.

Earlier, the Delhi Police issued a non-bailable warrant against lawyer Nikita Jacob, in connection with alleged spreading a 'toolkit' related to the farmers' protest. Climate activist and lawyer Nikita then had moved to the Bombay High Court for interim protection.

Jacob told the court that police have raided her place and seized laptops and mobile phones, and the next day police again wanted to come and now she feared that she will be arrested and her career will spoil as she is the lawyer and do practice in this court too she knows her duty too.

This comes days after Disha Ravi, a 'climate activist', was arrested and sent to five days of police custody. The 21-year-old climate activist was arrested from Bengaluru in connection with the formulation and dissemination of the 'Toolkit' document, in the ongoing farmers' protest. She was one of the editors of the 'Toolkit' document.

Earlier, the Delhi Police sent a communication to Google seeking registration details and activity log of the account through which a "toolkit" related to the farmers' protest was created and uploaded on the social media platform. Two e-mail IDs, one Instagram account, and one Uniform Resource Locator (URL) were mentioned in the toolkit and police have asked for details from the respective platforms.

The police had registered an FIR against unidentified persons in connection with the creators of the 'toolkit'.

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