All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that she was not involved in a separate protest call issued by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Central Park in Connaught Place on October 16, challenging a Delhi Police notice directing her to furnish a personal bond of ₹10,000 to maintain peace.
Appearing for Bora, senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan termed her detention “completely illegal” and submitted that protesters were taken away in buses, denied access to lawyers and taken to the RK Puram police station at night, Live Law reported.
The court was hearing Bora’s plea challenging a notice issued by a Special Executive Magistrate on October 17, the day she was released after being detained during a protest in central Delhi on October 16.
The notice directed her to appear before the magistrate and execute a personal bond of ₹10,000, along with one surety, to maintain peace during the period of inquiry.
Bora was detained near Mandi House while participating in a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The detention took place on the day CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke had called for a ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march at Central Park in Connaught Place.
In her petition, Bora challenged the police action and the direction to furnish the bond, arguing that the notice was based on vague and factually incorrect allegations and did not establish any likelihood of a breach of peace.
The police notice alleged that she had shouted slogans at the Mandi House roundabout and instigated people to participate in an unauthorised demonstration at Central Park, which is not a designated protest site.
Bora has argued that preventive powers cannot be used as a routine measure to restrict peaceful protests.
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