Court orders release of two CJP leaders from juidical custody

All right, let's bring this to New Delhi now in a big relief to Congress Janata Party. A special executive magistrate court in Delhi has ordered the release of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurabh Das. Well, the duo have been under detention since October 14 after they entered Jantar Mantar and unfurled the national flag as part of protests against the chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar. Both Ranka and Das were earlier produced before a SEM court where the Delhi police had sought an extension of their judicial custody. Earlier in the day, both Ashutosh Ranka and Saurabh Das had withdrawn their plea from the Delhi High Court challenging their detention after Justice Subramanian Prasad expressed disinclination to entertain their writ petition. The judge also noted that both CJP representatives were not Gen Z and also said that repeat offences will lead to questions about the organisation, its nature and its workings. Well, the Delhi High Court then also observed that the appropriate remedy for the two CJP leaders was to challenge the SEM's order before the Sessions Court instead of approaching the High Court directly. And later in the day, Das and Ranka were produced in the Special Executive Magistrate SEM Court which ordered the conditional release of the two CJP leaders. as reports suggest that the Delhi police had sought a three-day extension of their judicial custody during the hearing. They were taken into custody for entering Jantar Mantar for the protest after the location had been denotified for any kind of gathering. Meanwhile, CJP founder Abhijit Dipke said that once Ashutosh Ranka and Zorav Das return from judicial custody, the group will gather to quote-unquote re-strategize and determine its next steps to take the protest against the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar forward. Separately, the Delhi High Court will hear the All India Students Association President Neha Bora's petition on the 22nd of October. The High Court is scheduled to hear Bora's petition challenging a Delhi police notice asking her to furnish a personal bond of 10,000 rupees and one surety to maintain peace during the period of inquiry following her participation in a march. On October 10th, the Congress Janata Party had called for a peaceful protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in revision of electoral rolls. However, an unprecedented security clampdown and of course a lot of chaos on the streets turned New Delhi into a fortress and the police and paramilitary detained hundreds of protesters including Abhijeet Tipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurabh Das. Later, the Union Home Ministry denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site. Subsequently, on October 13, Das and Ranka faced arrest for trespassing at Jantar Mantar. As the location had already been denotified, they were remanded to five days of judicial custody with the legal battle reaching the Delhi High Court.