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Delhi Court Extends CJP Leaders' Custody in Jantar Mantar Trespassing Case
✍️ Hindustan Times
🗓 20 Oct 2026, 06:19 AM
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A Delhi court cited habitual behavior and lack of respect for law while extending the judicial custody of CJP leaders arrested for trespassing at Jantar Mantar. The CJP denounced the preventive detention as a mockery of legal process and vowed to challenge the order in higher courts immediately.
The court’s order highlighted the accused’s habitual conduct and alleged disregard for legal norms as grounds for prolonging their custody. The decision came in connection with a case of trespassing at the historic Jantar Mantar site in New Delhi.
CJP leaders were taken into preventive detention following their alleged involvement in the trespass incident. The court deemed it necessary to keep them in custody to prevent further violations of law.
Reacting to the order, the CJP described the preventive detention as a "complete mockery of the legal process" and announced that the decision would be challenged before higher courts without delay.
The ruling remains subject to appeal, and the CJP has indicated it will pursue all available legal avenues to contest the extension of custody.
CJP leaders were taken into preventive detention following their alleged involvement in the trespass incident. The court deemed it necessary to keep them in custody to prevent further violations of law.
Reacting to the order, the CJP described the preventive detention as a "complete mockery of the legal process" and announced that the decision would be challenged before higher courts without delay.
The ruling remains subject to appeal, and the CJP has indicated it will pursue all available legal avenues to contest the extension of custody.