July 2, 2021 5:19:49 am
A Delhi courtroom has granted interim safety from arrest to a person from Punjab who hoisted the non secular flag on the Red Fort throughout a farmers’ protest rally on Republic Day this yr. Additional Sessions Judge Nilofar Abida Parveen granted safety to Jugraj Singh from any coercive motion until July 20 and directed him to hitch the investigation.
“Interim protection has been given to the accused subject to the condition that the accused will join the investigation in the case on July 8, July 11 and July 15 as and when called by the investigating officer,” the decide mentioned in an order handed in June. 30.
Fearing arrest, Jugraj had moved Delhi’s Tis Hazari courtroom for anticipatory bail in two instances associated to the violence.
He had mounted a flag on the ramparts of the Red Fort, a restricted space of ​​the protected website, and hoisted the Nishan Sahib, the non secular flag of the Sikh group.
Jugra, honored by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee and Dal Khalsa on the Golden Temple on Thursday, mentioned, “There was no conspiracy (behind hoisting the Nihsan Sahib). I was part of the protesters. I saw a protester trying to climb the flag, but in vain. I thought, I can fly the flag.”
He additionally tried to make clear that he was “not associated with any organisation”.
In a Delhi courtroom, opposing his pre-arrest bail plea, the Delhi Police mentioned, “The Red Fort is a national heritage site and hoisting the Nishan Sahib at the Red Fort on Republic Day has brought humiliation and embarrassment to the nation”.
Police mentioned he was the prime executor of a conspiracy to show the Red Fort right into a protest website and was seen within the video footage climbing the flag.
The police mentioned, “The accused-applicant is alleged to be present (at the site) and had disobeyed the order specifying the route for the tractor rally on Republic Day… He (also) the policemen in the discharge of their duties. was obstructed,” the police protested.
However, counsel showing for Jugra argued that he solely follows his farmer associates and isn’t conscious of the route prescribed by the Delhi Police. “The matter has been offered in such a method that atypical incidents are revealed as severe and severe. The applicant is a farmer and Singhu had joined the farmers’ protest on the border… He adopted his fellow farmers and had the impression that they had been following the trail as per the legislation. Being a villager, he merely adopted them. He has not dedicated any felony conspiracy to commit any offense towards anybody and has not dedicated any assault and therefore no duty will be taken towards him for any offence. He had no weapons and no
Any sort of offense has been dedicated by him.”
His lawyer mentioned, “It is alleged that he was seen climbing the flag and hoisting the Nishan Sahib. It is an accepted undeniable fact that the mentioned flag submit was an empty flag submit the place the Honorable Prime Minister of India hoists the nationwide flag on fifteenth August yearly… there was no nationwide flag, then no crime has been dedicated. It is just not understood how a lot embarrassment the individuals of this nation need to bear by hoisting the Nishan Sahib.
After listening to the arguments, the decide mentioned within the bail order, “The investigation agency has chosen to announce the reward for his arrest does not in any way affect the gravity of the nature of the allegations, and hence the nature of the charges.” and the fabric out there to date towards the accused-applicant, the accused-applicant shall be entitled to safety… and accordingly interim safety is being granted until the subsequent date of listening to.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
