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Delhi High Court to Hear Plea Against Judicial Custody of CJP Activists Today
- •The Delhi High Court has agreed to urgently hear a petition filed by CJP activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka challenging their judicial custody.
- •Justice Subramonium Prasad is scheduled to hear the plea after the matter was mentioned for an urgent listing.
- •The extended custody of the two leaders ends today, and they are set to be produced before the Special Executive Magistrate court.
- •The petitioners challenge an October 19 order by the Special Executive Magistrate under Sections 126 and 170 of the BNSS.
- •Their legal team argues that continued detention despite furnishing sureties violates their fundamental right to liberty.
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Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka filed a petition in the Delhi High Court to challenge their extended judicial custody. Their legal team argued that their continued detention, despite furnishing sureties, is arbitrary and violates their fundamental right to liberty.
The proceedings against the CJP leaders were initiated under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The case specifically challenged an October 19 order passed by the Special Executive Magistrate in the New Delhi district.
Justice Subramonium Prasad was scheduled to hear the urgent plea filed by Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. The matter was listed for hearing after being mentioned before the court, coinciding with the expiration of their extended custody.
