This story is from December 24, 2019

Daryaganj arrests: Court says no ground for bail

Rejecting the bail pleas of the 15 men arrested in connection with the violence in Daryaganj on Friday, a Delhi court said on Monday that such incidents created panic in society.
Daryaganj arrests: Court says no ground for bail
The cops claimed that the arsonists had thrown stones and the office of DCP (central) could have been damaged by the fire from a car that was set ablaze by the accused
NEW DELHI: Rejecting the bail pleas of the 15 men arrested in connection with the violence in Daryaganj on Friday, a Delhi court said on Monday that such incidents created panic in society.
While the accused claimed that they had gone for the Friday prayers, Delhi Police submitted that the men had indulged in violence in the garb of protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens.
While dismissing the bail pleas, metropolitan magistrate Kapil Kumar said there was no sufficient ground to grant them any relief and extended their custody for two weeks.
The cops claimed that the men had thrown stones and the office of the deputy commissioner of police (central) could have been damaged by the fire from a car that was set ablaze by the accused.
Senior advocate Rebecca John, however, opposed invoking of a criminal conspiracy charge and other provisions, and countered the fire claim, arguing that it was a private property and there was no reason to invoke provisions of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
John said these 15 men had been falsely implicated and the manner in which the proceedings had been conducted was a clear example of the “high-handedness” and “arbitrariness” of police. “They belong to the poor strata of the society. When they were returning from the Friday prayer, they were picked up by police illegally and falsely implicated in the case... None were handed over the notice as per the provisions of Criminal Code of Procedure prior to effecting their arrest,” she alleged.

The court order highlighted that the damaged barricades, prima facie, justified invoking the public property Act. “Many police officers suffered injuries and they received medical treatment in hospital. The manner in which the incident in question took place reveals that there was common object between the accused persons to achieve illegal object,” the court said.
Police claimed that one of the arrested persons who had claimed to be a juvenile was 23 years old.
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