Delhi SEM Orders Release of CJP Leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka
Police say the leaders breached peace bonds and entered a denotified protest site, while the High Court told them to await the magistrate’s decision.
- On Wednesday, October 21, a Special Executive Magistrate court ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after their judicial custody expired.
- Authorities detained Das and Ranka on October 13 for allegedly entering Jantar Mantar and violating "peace bonds," resulting in an initial five-day judicial custody extended by two days.
- Earlier on Wednesday, the activists withdrew their Delhi High Court petition challenging the custody extension after Justice Subramonium Prasad advised them to await the magistrate's decision.
- The SEM court previously observed their conduct "shows no respect for law" and reflects "habitualness in calling protest at de-notified areas"; following surety inquiries, the court accepted fresh documentation facilitating their release.
- Separately, Delhi Police transferred FIRs related to the October 13 incidents at Jantar Mantar and Connaught Place to its Crime Branch as investigation into the protests continues.
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Delhi SEM court orders release of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das
Ranka and Das arrested for waving the tricolour at Jantar Mantar, a longstanding venue for public demonstrations in Delhi that was recently removed from the list of designated protest sites in the city.
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