Farmers Protest: Journalist Mandeep Punia, arrested at Singhu border, granted bail
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to journalist Mandeep Punia, who was arrested by the Delhi Police from the Singhu border on January 30. Farmers have been protesting at Delhi borders against farm laws 2020.
Delhi court granted bail to journalist Mandeep Punia on the condition that he will furnish the bail sum of Rs 25,000. The court stated that he must not jump the bail and appear before it regularly.
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Also, he was asked not to leave the country without the permission of the court. While granting bail to Punia, the court said that it was well settled legal principle of law that bail was a rule and jail was an exception.
The police claimed that the journalist was arrested on the grounds of misbehaving with the personnel on duty at the Singhu border. Punia was arrested while doing coverage of the clashes that broke out at the protest site last week.
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An FIR was registered against him at the Alipur police station under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Order on his bail plea was reserved by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Satvir Singh Lamba on Monday while the Delhi Police had opposed the plea stating that the journalist may attempt to provoke protestors and create a disturbance at the protest site.
Likewise, the Editors Guild of India had demanded the release of the journalist. It also claimed that the arrest was an attempt to curtail the voices of independent journalists.
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