NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke was granted conditional bail Saturday, a day after he was detained on his way to Connaught Place for CJP’s ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ rally.Saturday morning, Dipke was placed under preventive arrest. Hours later, he was released by a special executive magistrate on a conditional bail bond, one of the conditions being he must ensure there is no breach of peace on his part for one year. This is the second time in a week that Dipke has furnished such a bail bond.On Oct 10, he and CJP members Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained from their flight, and the next day, released on condition that they would not breach peace for a year.Thirty-five others detained from CP during the tricolour rally were also released from the same police station.“Based on the assurance given in the peace bond, he was let off. We’re awaiting the written order for further details,” CJP spokesperson and legal head Ratna Singh said.Dipke had called for the tricolour rally at 5pm on Oct 16 in Connaught Place. Hours before the proposed march, Delhi Police served him a notice asking him not to participate, citing prohibitory orders under Section 163 of BNSS. However, Dipke set out for the march and was detained.AISA president Neha Bora was also detained near Mandi House. Both AISA and CJP subsequently claimed that the whereabouts of the two were unknown. Bora was kept at RK Puram police station overnight and released around 5am Saturday. “She was detained before sunset and kept at the police station,” an officer said.The bail pleas for Das and Ranka, who were arrested for trespassing in Jantar Mantar Tuesday after it was denotified as a protest site, have been filed before the magistrate, advocate Abhisht Hela, who represents them, said. The two remain in custody after the special executive magistrate sent them to five days of judicial custody Wednesday.
