SEM Court Orders Release Of CJP Leaders Saurav Das And Ashutosh Ranka
New Delhi: A Special Executive Magistrate in Delhi on Wednesday, October 21, ordered the release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka from judicial custody. The CJP leaders have been in in jail since October 14 after they entered Jantar Mantar and waved the national flag as part of protests against the CEC.
The police detained CJP leaders breaching prohibitory orders and entering Jantar Mantar after Delhi police de-notified the venue as a protest site. The SEM Executive Magistrate Mahesh Kumar Meena had remanded the duo to five days of judicial custody on October 14, and the matter was then listed for further proceedings on October 19.
The court then extended the hearing for two more days. Earlier in the day, the duo withdrew from the Delhi High Court their petition challenging the judicial custody.
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