NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to modify the bail condition of climate activist Disha Ravi, who wanted a waiver of the trial court nod before travelling abroad.
The high court dismissed the plea by Ravi, who was facing prosecution for her alleged involvement in sharing a toolkit backing the farmers' protest in 2021.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said there was no ground for interference with the trial court's order.
Ravi had urged the high court to modify the condition to the extent that she could just intimate the trial court before going abroad.
Ravi was arrested by Delhi Police on February 13, 2021, for allegedly being involved in sharing on social media a toolkit related to the farmers' protest, which was against the Centre's three farm laws. She was granted bail by a trial court on February 23, 2021. The court had, however, imposed various conditions on her, including that she could not leave the country without prior permission of the court.
"I need to travel abroad frequently and on short notice. I have already travelled abroad three times after being granted the bail. A Look Out Circular (LOC) has also been issued against me. The bail condition of taking prior permission of the trial court is causing me inconvenience. I have not violated any of the bail conditions," her counsel argued.
However, the state's counsel opposed the plea, saying that merely because the condition was found inconvenient by her, it could not be a ground for modification.
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