Delhi pollution protest: Court grants bail to nine students

A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to nine students who were arrested during a protest against air pollution in the national capital on November 23, The Indian Express reported.

More than 20 students had been detained from India Gate, Kartavya Path and later from outside the Parliament Street police station following the protest.

Two first information reports were registered – one against six persons at the Kartavya Path police station and another against 17 persons at the Parliament Street police station.

The cases were initially filed under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to assault, obstruction of public servants and outraging the modesty of women. On November 25, the police also added charges pertaining to making assertions prejudicial to national integration to the FIR registered at the Kartavya Path police station.

The case filed at the Parliament Street police station was linked to an alleged scuffle between the protesters and the police, the newspaper reported. All 17 accused have since been granted bail.

While eight of them received bail last week, nine were granted bail on Tuesday.

The second FIR was related to the alleged recovery of pepper sprays during the protest and the purported Maoists links of the protesters, The Indian Express reported.

The court reserved its order on Tuesday on the bail petitions of the six accused in this...

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