Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students' union leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday moved the Supreme Court for bail. In his application, the JNUSU president sought protection of 'life and limb', saying there is 'great likelihood of attack on him in prison'.

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Meanwhile, a clash between police and protesters took place in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 'Thank JNU' banners were raised along with Islamic State flags.

According to ANI, JNUSU president Kanhaiay Kumar has now filed his bail plea in the Delhi High Court.

According to reports, the bail plea of SAR Geelani, former Delhi University professor, was rejected by the Patiala House court.

"The people involved in earlier incidents were not lawyers," he further said.

One of the lawyers protesting in the march from Patiala House court to India Gate said, "We are not goons. We are lawyers. We want to tell the media that we are protesting against the anti-national activities."

Another lawyer protesting in the march made this profound statement over the attack on journalists: "If anyone abuses one's mother, won't you feel angry? It is natural to get angry."

According to ANI, JNUSU president Kanhaiay Kumar has now filed his bail plea in the Delhi High Court.

Advocates Vrinda Grover and Sushil Bajaj, while filing bail application of Kanhaiya Kumar in the High Court, were escorted by police, according to ANI.

According to reports, the bail plea of SAR Geelani, former Delhi University professor, was rejected by the Patiala House court.

After another day of high drama, it turns out that Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea will not be heard in the High Court today, as an additional application in the case is yet to be filed, ANI reported. This means that the JNU students' union president will continue to be in jail for now.

The hearing on Kanhaiya's bail plea will be heard in Delhi HC on Tuesday. The case was transferred to the HC by the Supreme Court, which dismissed the petition asking the defense to go to the HC first, and the accused lawyers wanted to add some documents. Therefore, the court asked the the defense lawyers to submit the final petition tomorrow to hear it on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police will oppose the bail petition, a development something different from the earlier stand by Commisioner BS Bassi. "We will oppose Kanhaiya's bail plea tooth and nail," advocate Shailendra Babbar, counsel for the city police, confirmed to Firstpost. Asked what the reason was for this sudden change in stand, he said, "He was misquoted. He had said we may and may not oppose the bail. It is our perogative."

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students' union leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday moved the Supreme Court for bail. In his application, the JNUSU president sought protection of "life and limb", saying there is "great likelihood of attack on him in prison".

#JNU leader #KanhaiyaKumar moves for bail at SC. Seeks protection of "life and limb". SC to hear his bail plea on Friday. @htTweets — rocky soibam (@rocky_soibam) February 18, 2016

The bail petition, which was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday said:

"...in light of the highly violent and surcharged atmosphere at the patiala house courts, posing a grave threat to the life of the petitioner, his counsels and possible sureties."

The petition was filed under Article 32 of the Constitution. Kanhaiya's plea says that the way he was harassed when he was taken to the Patiala House Court (twice) is in clear violation of fundamental right to access to the justice system. "This Petition therefore raises issues regarding the violation of rights under Article 21."

Senior lawyer Raju Ramachandran filed the bail petition on behalf of Kanhaiya on Thursday. ANI quoted Ramachandran as saying, "Now Soli Sorabjee will lead us." Kumar's mother Meena Devi also raised concern for her son's security in prison and slammed the attack on her son in the Patiala House Court premises and questioned who will be responsible if he dies in custody.

"I am not a terrorist's mother. I know it will be proved some day but until then if my son dies in custody, who will be responsible for it? They can call Kanhaiya a threat to nation but cannot protect him from other threats?" his mother Meena Devi told PTI from Bihar over phone.

"What if he had died that day and it was proved later that he was innocent? Will the government give me my son back then? They acted so fast on complaint against my son but they haven't arrested anyone for the attack on Kanhaiya in court," she added.

Here is the full text of the bail petition filed by Kanhaiya Kumar.

Kanhaiya Kumar v. State of NCT of Delhi