Magistrate orders release of CJP leaders Das and Ranka

A Special Executive Magistrate ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on October 21, after their extended judicial custody expired. The order made their release subject to personal bonds and sureties, and recorded written undertakings to maintain peace and limit any protest activity at Jantar Mantar. Das and Ranka undertook not to call for protests at Jantar Mantar while it remains denotified as a protest site. They also agreed not to breach the peace and said any protest would be conducted within the Constitution. The magistrate said the peace bonds, supported by the undertakings, were sufficient to address the risk of a breach of peace, and further custody was not necessary at that stage. The order set personal and surety bonds at ₹50,000 and said the matter would return to the magistrate on October 23. The release order for Das also stated that he could leave Tihar Jail only if he was not required in another case. The leaders had been detained on October 13 after an alleged entry into the barricaded Jantar Mantar site. They were remanded to five days in judicial custody on October 14, and their custody was extended by two days on...