Two Jawaharlal Nehru University students - Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya - approached the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking security before they surrender to police in a sedition case.
A bench of justices BD Ahmed and RK Gauba of the Delhi HC agreed to grant urgent hearing to the plea of Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, which said that there is a threat to their lives and sought police protection while surrendering. "Let the matter be listed today," the bench said.
While two students have sought protection, three others have moved court seeking anticipatory bail.
Five JNU students, Khalid, Bhattacharya, Ashutosh Kumar, Rama Naga and Anant Prakash Narayan had gone missing from the campus since February 12 after JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested in the sedition case for allegedly raising anti-India slogans in a controversial event at the premises.
Police teams were rushed to the campus on the night of February 21 following information that the five students were spotted at the varsity premises.
However, police kept waiting outside the main gate for the Vice Chancellor to give a go ahead for their entry into the campus.
The High Court also agreed to hear a plea filed by a lawyer seeking direction to Delhi Police to enter JNU campus and arrest Umar Khalid and other students, who allegedly raised anti-national slogans inside the university campus.
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