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Ashutosh in jail on birthday and Sourav Das gets judicial custody
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News18•14-10-2026, 10:06
Ashutosh in jail on birthday and Sourav Das gets judicial custody
- •Cockroach Janata Party leaders Sourav Das and Ashutosh Ranka have been ordered to 5 days of judicial custody following a protest at Jantar Mantar.
- •A special executive magistrate ordered the 5-day judicial custody on Wednesday, coinciding with Ashutosh Ranka's birthday.
- •Ajinkya Shinde, arrested in the same incident, was granted bail by the executive magistrate with a condition not to create disturbances for a year.
- •Delhi Police stated that the leaders were preventively arrested and an FIR was registered for trespassing and violating bail conditions.
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Sourav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were sent to 5 days of judicial custody by a special executive magistrate because they violated Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, committed trespassing by entering Jantar Mantar without permission, and breached their previous bail conditions as repeat offenders.
While fellow CJP leaders were remanded to judicial custody, Ajinkya Shinde was granted bail by the executive magistrate after being asked to furnish a bail bond of 5,000 rupees and directed not to create any disturbances for a year.
The CJP leaders were detained and arrested following a forcible entry into the Jantar Mantar protest site to demonstrate and demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
