[Jantar Mantar anti-muslim sloganeering] Delhi court grants protection from arrest to accused Pinki Chaudhary till August 16

A Delhi court has granted interim-protection from arrest to Pinki Chaudhary, who is one of the main accused in the Jantar Mantar anti-muslim sloganeering incident at New Delhi (Bhupender Tomer (Pinki Chaudhary) v. State)..Chaudhary was granted interim protection till August 16 by Patiala house court in Delhi..Additional Sessions Judge Ashutosh Kumar stayed the arrest of Chaudhary till Monday and asked him to join the investigation whenever required and not to influence witnesses or tamper with evidence.Chaudhary has been charged for offences under Sections 188 (disobedience to orders promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life)s, 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 153A (promoting enmity between religious groups), 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code..During the course of hearing, the Station House Officer (SHO) agreed to supply the video footage of the concerned incident which shows the presence of Chaudhary and the words uttered by him. The SHO undertook to place on record the transcript of the same by the next date of hearing..[BREAKING] "Against secularism:" Delhi Court rejects bail plea of three accused in Jantar Mantar anti-muslim sloganeering.The counsel for accused submitted that he was not named in the First Information Report and he did not raise any communal slogans or uttered any words to hurt the religious sentiments of another community..While granting protection to Chaudhary, the court also took note of the fact that the main 'organizer' of the event, Ashwini Upadhyay has already been granted bail. .[Breaking] Delhi Court grants bail to BJP leader advocate Ashwini Upadhyay in anti-muslim sloganeering case at Jantar Mantar [Read Order].The accused allegedly part of a rally that took place on Sunday in Delhi under the Bharat Jodo Movement against colonial-era laws in the country where anti-Muslim slogans were said to be raised.The rally was organised by former BJP spokesperson and Supreme Court lawyer, Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.Upadhyay along with 5 others were later arrested.Upadhyay, however, denied any links to slogan raising stating that he had left the venue at 12 in the afternoon while slogans were raised by unknown miscreants at 5 pm.Upadhyay was later granted bail while bail plea of three other accused Preet Singh, Deepak Singh and Vinod Sharma had been rejected..[Read order]