Delhi HC rejects Neha Bora’s plea against notice to sign bond and ‘maintain peace’

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by student leader Neha Bora challenging a notice issued by a special executive magistrate directing them to furnish a bond to maintain peace, reported Bar and Bench.

Bora, the president of the All India Students’ Association, had been detained on October 16 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.

In a notice issued on October 17, the special executive magistrate had directed them to furnish a personal bond of Rs 10,000 with a surety to “maintain peace during the period of inquiry”.

On Friday, Justice Subramonium Prasad said that there were “adequate safeguards” and directions had been issued to the special executive magistrate to give all materials to Bora before passing any order in the inquiry, reported Live Law.

The notice 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...

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