A Delhi court on Monday extended by two days the judicial custody of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, Bar and Bench reported.
The next hearing in the case is scheduled for Wednesday.
Ranka and Das, along with another campaign leader, Ajinkya Shinde, were detained on October 13 after they trespassed on Jantar Mantar and waved the national flag. They had “sneaked into” the Jantar Mantar to oppose the authorities’ decision to denotify the area as a designated protest site.
On October 14, Ranka and Das were sent to judicial custody for five days. Shinde was released on a personal bond.
After the custody period ended on Monday, they were produced before a special executive magistrate, where the Delhi Police sought an extension, Bar and Bench reported.
The magistrate allowed the request, extending their judicial custody by two more days.
Cockroach Janta Party leader Ratna Singh described the decision as a “mockery of the justice system”.
Abhik Chimni, the lawyer representing the CJP leaders, said that the proceedings were preventive in nature and that the court had itself observed that there was no need to send them to judicial custody.
#WATCH | Abhik Chimni, representing Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, says, "We are very disappointed. This is a matter of preventive custody and it is also a matter of fact that the Court...