New Delhi: A Special Executive Magistrate Court in Delhi Cantt on Sunday released the three Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders from Delhi police's preventive arrest on the condition that they refrain from activities that could breach the peace.
CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were detained at Delhi airport ahead of the party’s Jantar Mantar protest on Saturday. Although the police did not disclose details of the detention centre, the three leaders were taken to Delhi Cantonment police station on Sunday morning and produced before an executive magistrate.
The Special Executive Magistrate Court also ordered the trio to furnish a bond of Rs 50,000 as surety for maintaining peace and good behaviour, for a period of one year.
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CJP legal head Ratna Singh confirmed that they had been released on the condition that they would not “breach peace” for a year.
“Executive Magistrate court releases Abhijeet, Saurav and Ashutosh,” Singh said in a post on X after the 3 leaders were produced before the executive magistrate.
The police booked the trio under Sections 126 (security for keeping the peace) and 170 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offences) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
"Preventive arrest u/s 126/170 BNSS of Sh. Abhijeet Dipke, Sh. Ashutosh Ranka and Sh. Saurav Das was done on 10.10.2026. All due legal procedures were followed and they were produced before the SEM Court, Delhi Cantt on 11.10.2026. A bail bond as Surety Bond of ₹50,000/- was filled for maintaining peace and good behaviour, for a period of one year, and they were released by the SEM Court," wrote Delhi police on X.
Preventive arrest u/s 126/170 BNSS of Sh. Abhijeet Dipke, Sh. Ashutosh Ranka and Sh. Saurav Das was done on 10.10.2026. All due legal procedures were followed and they were produced before the SEM Court, Delhi Cantt on 11.10.2026. A bail bond as Surety Bond of ₹50,000/- was filled for maintaining peace and good behaviour, for a period of one year, and they were released by the SEM Court.
— Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) October 11, 2026
Section 126 empowers an Executive Magistrate to require a person likely to breach the peace or disturb public tranquillity to show cause why they should not be ordered to execute a bond for keeping the peace for a period of up to one year.
Section 170 empowers police to arrest a person without a warrant if they have knowledge of a design to commit a cognizable offence and believe the offence cannot otherwise be prevented.
An arrest under this provision is subject to a statutory limit of 24 hours, unless another legal provision authorises continued detention.
Meanwhile, CJP will address a press conference at 2 PM today, shortly after key members of the group were released from detention in the national capital.
Announcing the briefing shortly after their release, CJP National Spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka told ANI, "We will hold a press conference at 2 PM."
The leaders’ detention on Saturday came amid an unprecedented security clampdown in Delhi, where more than 7,000 protesters were detained at multiple locations, preventing them from reaching Jantar Mantar.
Several opposition leaders, including former chief ministers Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, Pinarayi Vijayan, and Manik Sarkar, were also detained while attempting to join the protest.
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The CJP renewed its call for a protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, as police continued extensive security arrangements, with more than 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel set to be deployed across the city.
The CJP and opposition parties have been demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
