Delhi Police Grants Dipke Conditional Bail

Delhi Police said Saturday that Abhijeet Dipke had been granted conditional bail after being produced before a Special Executive Magistrate, and would be released after signing a peace bond. Police said he would not be sent to judicial custody; the supplied reports do not confirm whether he completed the bond or was released. Dipke was detained Friday ahead of the CJP’s Lehra Do Tiranga march at Connaught Place. He was arrested in a fresh breach-of-peace case under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, according to the reports. The provisions were cited in connection with preventive action to maintain public order. The accounts differ on where police detained Dipke. One places the detention at Jhandewalan, while another says he was detained at the residence of NCP-SCP spokesperson Anish Gawande. The reports agree that he was detained while on his way to the march, but do not resolve the location. Police also detained former All India Students Association president Neha Bora ahead of the march. She was released early Saturday after completing detention formalities, according to the reports. Bora said her detention was illegal and called for an end to...