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Judge Orders Release of CJP Leaders on INR50,000 Bonds

By Drooid · Oct 24, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC · How we work

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Magistrate Orders Release

Special Executive Magistrate ordered the release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.
The release required each leader to post a INR50,000 surety bond and sign an undertaking.
Das and Ranka were detained on October 13 after scaling Jantar Mantar’s locked gate.
Delhi High Court questioned the custody extension after the leaders filed a petition on October 11.
They appeared before the SEM court on October 23 to verify sureties and must return November 3.

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Kejriwal Praises Release

AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal welcomed the release of Das and Ranka, saying the nation stood with them.
Activists demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the intensive revision of electoral rolls.
Police cited Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita to justify preventive detention of the leaders.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke posted a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocking the judge’s Gen Z comment.

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Historical Context

During India’s 1975 Emergency, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi invoked the Maintenance of Internal Security Act to imprison opposition leaders nationwide. The government detained roughly 1.3 million activists, including Jayaprakash Narayan, while the Supreme Court later ruled the arrests unconstitutional in 1977 finally. Today, Delhi’s Magistrate released CJP activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after they posted a INR50,000 surety, echoing preventive-detention disputes under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. The episode revives concerns that emergency-era legal tools persist, prompting civil-society groups to demand electoral-roll reforms and stronger judicial oversight.

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Magistrate Orders Release

Special Executive Magistrate ordered the release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.
The release required each leader to post a INR50,000 surety bond and sign an undertaking.
Das and Ranka were detained on October 13 after scaling Jantar Mantar’s locked gate.
Delhi High Court questioned the custody extension after the leaders filed a petition on October 11.
They appeared before the SEM court on October 23 to verify sureties and must return November 3.

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