Politics
Magistrate frees CJP leaders on one-year peace bond
Business Standard··6d ago
Cockroach Janta Party leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were released after a magistrate hearing on Sunday. Ratna Singh said they were freed on condition they would not breach peace for a year. They had been under preventive arrest after detention at Delhi airport. Police sources said Sections 126 and 170 of the BNSS were invoked.
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What It Means For You
- The release conditions run for one year and bar a peace breach, Singh said.
- CJP renewed its call for a Jantar Mantar protest on Sunday despite heavy deployment.
- Over 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel were to be deployed in the city, the report said.
What's Happening
- Police said the leaders were detained when their flight landed in Delhi ahead of the protest.
- They were produced before the executive magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station.
- Singh posted that the magistrate court released Abhijeet, Saurav and Ashutosh.
Why They Were Held
- More than 7,000 protesters were detained across Delhi during Saturday's clampdown, the report said.
- Former chief ministers Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, Pinarayi Vijayan and Manik Sarkar were also detained.
- CJP and opposition parties are seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over Special Intensive Revision disputes.
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