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Delhi Court Discharges 10 TMC Leaders in 2024 Election Commission Protest Case

Magistrate Neha Mittal’s ruling ends proceedings over the accused’s defiance of a prohibitory Section 144 order at the April 2024 rally.

File photo of ten-member TMC delegation comprising Derek O’Brien, Mohammed Nadimul Haque, Dola Sen, Saket Gokhale, Sagarika Ghose, Vivek Gupta, Arpita Ghosh, Santanu Sen, Abir Ranjan Biswas and Sudip Raha after meeting with the full bench of Election Commission of India, in New Delhi, on April 8, 2024
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Overview

  • On July 10, Magistrate Neha Mittal formally discharged all ten accused, closing the case stemming from their protest outside the Election Commission’s New Delhi office.
  • They faced charges under IPC sections 188, 145 and 34 for staging an unlawful assembly in violation of the prohibitory order.
  • The discharged leaders include MPs Derek O’Brien, Sagarika Ghose and Saket Gokhale along with seven other Trinamool Congress figures.
  • During the protest, the TMC delegation accused central agencies – including the CBI, NIA, ED and Income Tax Department – of being used by the BJP-led government to target opposition ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
  • A chargesheet was taken cognisance of in April, followed by summons, exemptions from personal appearance on April 30 and bail on May 13, but no arrests were made during the year-long proceedings.