India
oi-Gaurav Sharma
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was today released on bail by a Special Executive Magistrate court in Delhi, on certain conditions, including furnishing a surety bond of Rs 50,000. Delhi Police said he would be released after signing a peace bond.
Abhijeet Dipke was detained on the eve of the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protest march to be held at Connaught Place on Friday. All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora, who was also put in preventive custody, was released earlier on Saturday after the formalities related to her detention.
A Delhi court granted bail to CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, requiring a Rs 50,000 surety and peace bond after his preventive detention under BNSS Sections 126 & 170; AISA president Neha Bora, also detained, was released earlier.
According to Delhi Police, Neha Bora was detained under Section 65 of the Delhi Police Act while Dipke was booked in a fresh case related to the apprehension of a breach of peace under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
Abhijeet Dipke was brought before the Special Executive Magistrate court, which looked into the matter and decided whether he should be sent to jail or released on bail. He was released on bail with conditions, his release being tied to the execution of a peace bond.
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This was not the first time that Abhijeet Dipke had been taken into preventive custody by the Delhi Police. On October 10, he was detained from inside an aircraft at Delhi airport, whereafter a separate case related to a breach of peace was registered. He was required to sign a bond not to disturb public peace for one year.
Neha Bora, who was released earlier on Saturday, slammed the Delhi Police and the BJP-led government at the Centre, saying that the detentions were illegal. She also demanded that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls be stopped and called for the resignation and imprisonment of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The police had deployed tightened security measures in Connaught Place ahead of the proposed protest. They said around 150 people had been detained as a preventive measure to maintain law and order and ensure the smooth movement of traffic.
