The Hisar Court will pronounce the verdict on the default Bell of YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra jailed on charges of espionage for Pakistan. Earlier on September 2, the decision was postponed after hearing.
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The debate in this case has been completed, but the court has now fixed September 3. Also, the court has ordered Jyoti to appear personally on 10 September. Today, the court can also pronounce the verdict on 4 applications related to Jyoti case, including 3 petitions from the police and 1 from the lawyer.
Jyoti’s last appearance took place on 25 August. At that time the police had to submit an invoice report, but the police opposed the charge sheet by putting the application thrice. After this, the lawyer demanded a default bell, alleging that the police filed a charge sheet without completing the investigation.
The Hisar Police protested against the bail and cited two cases in the court- CBI vs Kapil Wadhavan and Irfan vs State of Delhi High Court. Police say that default bell was not given even in these cases.
U-tuber Jyoti Malhotra will be produced in court on 10 September.
Controversy over the charge sheet from 25 August There is a dispute about the charge sheet of YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra arrested on charges of espionage for Pakistan. On August 25, Jyoti was brought to court to hand over the charge sheet. The process of handing over the charge sheet in the court was going on, during which the Hisar police gave 3 applications in the court that Jyoti’s lawyer Kumar Mukesh should not be given parts of the charge sheet.
The police have argued that the report can be public by giving a charge sheet copy to the lawyer, which is quite sensitive. Police said the data of Panchkula CFL is confidential and it is not right to make it public for the security of the country.
Police said Jyoti’s chatting with Pak agents cannot be made public. Police said that media briefing of the entire case should be banned. Kumar Mukesh said in the court that this application is illegal. Some provisions have been presented by twisting. There is no provision for this. After this, advocate Kumar Mukesh applied the application of Default Bell on his behalf in the court.
Jyoti was arrested on 15 May Please tell that Hisar police arrested Jyoti Malhotra on May 15 on suspicion of espionage for Pakistan. He has serious allegations such as espionage, endangered national security and sharing confidential information under sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Indian Code (BNS) and Section 3, 4 and 5 of the Official Privacy Act, 1923.
Jyoti came under suspicion due to visit to Pakistan and China Travel blogger Jyoti Malhotra came into the eyes of security agencies when she went to Pakistan and then China within 2 months in 2024 last year. She went to Pakistan on 17 April 2024 as per the date of the video uploaded on YouTube on YouTube.
She remained in Pakistan till 15 May. After this, he returned to India. She moved to China on 10 June 25 days after returning from Pakistan. Stayed in China till 9 July and then reached Kathmandu in Nepal on 10 July.
Earlier, when she went to Pakistan from Kartarpur Corridor, she met Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the Chief Minister of Punjab province and daughter of former PM Nawaz Sharif and even interviewed her.
