Overview
- A Special Executive Magistrate ordered the release of Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after accepting personal and surety bonds and written undertakings that they will maintain public peace.
- The two appeared at the SEM for verification of their sureties on Friday and the court fixed the next hearing for the third week of November to review compliance.
- Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has an open investigation into the October 13 Jantar Mantar incident and is prepared to send fresh summons after the activists sought more time and missed an earlier questioning date.
- Court papers show the leaders undertook not to call protests at Jantar Mantar until the site is formally renotified, and logistical problems finding local sureties delayed their release.
- The CJP says its campaign against the Special Intensive Revision and its demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation will continue and observers should watch for new police notices and the November court date.