Student leader Neha Bora has moved the Delhi High Court against a notice issued by a special executive magistrate directing them to furnish a bond to maintain peace during an inquiry against them, Bar and Bench reported on Monday.
Bora, the president of the All India Students’ Association, was detained on Friday while participating in a flash protest by the student group near Barakhamba Road demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The student leader has alleged that they were taken to an undisclosed location and later to the RK Puram Police Station. Bora was held at the police station overnight before being released at 6 am, the following day.
The notice, issued on Saturday, invoked Section 126 and Section 130, read with Section 135(3), of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. These provisions allow a magistrate to require a person to show cause why they should not be asked to furnish a bond to maintain public peace and, in certain circumstances, require them to furnish one while an inquiry is pending.
The notice directed Bora to appear before the special executive magistrate on Monday and furnish a personal bond of Rs 10,000 with a surety to “maintain peace during the period of inquiry”.
The notice cited allegations that Bora had shouted slogans...