Delhi HC junks Neha Bora plea against peace bond notice
The Delhi High Court dismissed a plea by AISA president Neha Bora challenging a peace bond notice issued by a special executive magistrate. The court cited her involvement in multiple FIRs and the breach of prohibitory orders in a high-traffic commercial area as justification for the notice.
Why it matters
The ruling clarifies the legal threshold for authorities to enforce peace bonds under the new BNSS framework, balancing public order with protest rights.
NEW DELHI: There was "sufficient material" before the special executive magistrate to proceed against AISA president Neha Bora over apprehensions of breach of peace and disturbance of public tranquillity, Delhi high court said Friday. It dismissed her plea challenging a notice asking her to execute a peace bond, a day before she has to appear before the official.The notice was issued under BNSS Section 126, which empowers the SEM to enforce the signing of a bond if there is credible information that a person is likely to breach peace, disturb public tranquillity, or commit a wrongful act that may cause disturbance.‘Orders breached under BNSS Section 163 despite warning’Justice Subramonium Prasad said the “area where the petitioner was detained and where she was urging people to join her protest is a commercial area, receiving very high footfall from office-goers, and there are important roads connecting the heart of the city to…
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