Delhi court cancels non-bailable warrant against former JNU Students Union President Aishe Ghosh
A Delhi court on Thursday cancelled the non-bailable warrant issued against former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students Union President Aishe Ghosh in connection with a
A Delhi court on Thursday cancelled the non-bailable warrant issued against former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students Union President Aishe Ghosh in connection with a 2021 case. Judicial Magistrate First Class of Patiala House Courts cancelled the warrant after Ghosh appeared before the Court on Thursday, LiveLaw reported. The arrest warrant was issued in connection with a protest in front of Bangla Bhavan in 2021 and Ghosh was booked for offences including alleged disobedience of an order promulgated by a public servant(S.188 IPC) and criminal trespass(S. 447 IPC). On Wednesday, the court had stayed the warrant and Ghosh was directed to appear in person. Delhi Police under fire for forcible entry at CPI HQ On Tuesday, the Delhi Police had attempted to arrest Ghosh, who is also the Joint Secretary of the Students' Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
CPIM had alleged that the Delhi Police "forcibly" entered AKG Bhawan, the party’s headquarters in the national capital, in an attempt to arrest Ghosh. In a video that went viral, CPIM Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala John Brittas was seen confronting police personnel, including one in plain clothes, at the AKG Bhavan. Brittas later told PTI that the police team reached AKG Bhavan around 4.30 pm and claimed there was a non-bailable warrant against Ghosh. "When I asked them to show the warrant, they said it had only been communicated telephonically. The case is coming up on July 30," he said. Brittas alleged that the action was similar to the police action against student protesters on July 20, when, according to him, plainclothes personnel assaulted demonstrators.
"Delhi Police and the Home Ministry are adamant that the faces of this agitation should be in jail. They are digging out old cases. We can't allow such high-handed measures," he told PTI. CPI-M raises issue in Parliament Brittas also raised the issue in Parliament on Wednesday. Brittas sought to relate the police action to the recent students' protest, saying her only mistake was that she participated in the Jantar Mantar protest. Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge also backed Brittas and claimed that democracy was under threat. The Congress President wanted to know who ordered the police to enter the office of a national political party. Also Read | Delhi Police says 2,873 people with criminal records attended NEET protest Responding to the charges, Leader of the House J P Nadda said it was a normal law and order case.
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