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Incarceration would bear no fruit: Delhi court grants bail to Deep Sidhu in Red Fort violence case

The court noted that the accused has already been interrogated in police custody for 14 days and has been in custody for about 70 days when he has been granted regular bail by the ASJ on similar facts in the first case.
 

Incarceration would bear no fruit: Delhi court grants bail to Deep Sidhu in Red Fort violence case-dnm
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New Delhi, First Published Apr 26, 2021, 12:07 PM IST

A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to Deep Sidhu who was arrested in connection with the Red Fort violence on Republic Day.

The court noted that the actor-turned-politician has already been interrogated in police custody for 14 days and has been in custody for about 70 days when he has been granted regular bail by ASJ on similar facts in the same case.

Earlier on Friday, the Court had granted one more day to the Delhi Police to file a reply on Sidhu's bail plea.

“Applicant’s further incarceration in the present case would bear no fruit and therefore would be unjustified, nor would the restoration of applicant’s liberty be detrimental to the investigation being conducted by the police authorities,” the court observed while granting bail to Deep Sidhu.

The court added, “The accused has already been interrogated in PC for 14 days and has been in custody for about 70 days when he has been granted regular bail by Ld. ASJ on similar facts. Any further restraint upon his liberty would be neither logical nor legal.”

Sidhu was arrested in this case on April 17 just he was granted bail by a Delhi court in a case relating to violence in Red Fort during the farmers' tractor rally on January 26.

The prime accused of the Republic Day violence, who had gone missing after videos and photos of him surfaced from the Red Fort violence Deep Sidhu was arrested for several offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including rioting (147 and 148), unlawful assembly (149), attempt to murder (120-B), criminal conspiracy (120-B), assaulting or obstructing public servant (152), dacoity (395), culpable homicide (308) and disobedience to order promulgated by a public servant (188).

The entire country was shocked on Republic Day as thousands of protestors who had promised to hold a peaceful 'tractor rally' against Centre's Farm laws turned rogue waving swords and sticks and breaking through the barricades of their designated rally route to enter Central Delhi. Soon, the protestors entered the Red Fort premises by pulling down its gates with their tractors.

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