Delhi Court Remands Swatantra Bhardwaj To One Day Of Judicial Custody In CJP Protester Assault Case
A Delhi court has remanded Swatantra Bhardwaj to one day of judicial custody following his arrest for an alleged assault on the father of a teenage activist. The case involves charges under the SC/ST Act and the POCSO Act after Bhardwaj boasted about the incident in a viral podcast.
Why it matters
The case highlights the intersection of political activism, social media influence, and the legal consequences of hate speech and violence in India.
A Delhi Court on Sunday remanded accused Swatantra Bhardwaj to one day of judicial custody in an alleged assault case relating to father of a teenage Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activist during Jantar Mantar protest in July.Judicial Magistrate First Class Anjali Singh (duty magistrate) of Patiala House Courts passed the order after Bhardwaj was produced in Court on expiry of his one day of police custody.He will now be produced tomorrow before the concerned roster judge.Bhardwaj was detained in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Friday, hours after the CJP staged a protest outside the Parliament Street police station demanding his arrest in the matter.The Delhi Police had then added provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and criminal intimidation to the FIR against Bhardwaj over the alleged…
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