Delhi court grants bail to 10 accused in protest against air pollution near India Gate

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On November 23, a protestation  took spot  astatine  the India Gate implicit    rising aerial  contamination  successful  the nationalist  capital. File

On November 23, a protestation took spot astatine the India Gate implicit rising aerial contamination successful the nationalist capital. File | Photo Credit: ANI

A Delhi tribunal connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025) granted bail to 10 protesters arrested successful transportation with a protestation astatine Kartavya Path, wherever slogans were allegedly raised successful enactment of slain Maoist commandant Madvi Hidma.

The court, which was proceeding the bail pleas of 12 accused, however, declined the alleviation to 1 and adjourned the plea of different to Wednesday (December 10, 2025).

Judicial Magistrate Aridaman Singh Cheema granted bail to Ahan Arun Upadhyay, Sameer Faiyaz, Vishnu Tiwari, Satyam Yadav, Prakash Raj Gupta, Shreshth Mukund, Banka Akash, Aatreya Chaudhary, Tanya Shrivastav and Abhinash Satyapati connected a enslaved of ₹15,000 each.

The tribunal noted that each integer evidence, from CCTV footage to video clips of the protestation to the mobile phones of the accused, person been seized by constabulary and is readily disposable to the investigating agency.

“Nothing has been discovered against the accused protesters qua their rank successful extremist organisations related to Naxalites,” the tribunal said.

It, however, added that tenable conditions had to beryllium imposed to code immoderate concerns regarding the accused absconding oregon tampering with evidence.

The tribunal granted them bail, saying, “No intent shall beryllium served by keeping the accused successful judicial custody.” The court, however, rejected the bail plea of K. Sri Ilakkiya, saying, “The probe is pending regarding the recognition of different members of the Radical Students Union (RSU) who had conspired for transforming the protestation of contamination into the enactment of Hidma, the facts and circumstances of the case, the gravity of the offence and successful presumption of the engagement of the accused with the RSU, which is simply a banned organisation arsenic a frontal organisation of Naxals.”

It said granting bail astatine this signifier could effect successful the accused informing different RSU members, who are yet to beryllium identified, astir the probe and causing them to abscond.

The bail plea of different accused, Akshay E. R., has been adjourned connected relationship of pending arguments and volition present beryllium taken up connected Wednesday, erstwhile his counsel is expected to marque submissions.

On November 23, a protestation took spot astatine the India Gate implicit rising aerial contamination successful the nationalist capital.

The protesters person been accused of raising arguable slogans and utilizing capsicum spray connected the constabulary unit trying to incorporate them.

According to police, 23 protesters were arrested successful 2 abstracted cases lodged astatine the Parliament Street and Kartavya Path constabulary stations.

Seventeen protesters were held successful transportation with a scuffle astatine the Parliament Street constabulary station, portion six were arrested successful the pepper-spray case.

Fifteen of the 17 accused successful the Parliament Street lawsuit were rearrested successful the Kartavya Path case.

Of the 17, 9 were granted bail connected November 28 by a antithetic magistrate who was proceeding the Parliament Street case, portion the remaining 8 secured bail connected December 2.

Published - December 10, 2025 09:01 americium IST

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