Delhi: Class X student accused of robbing teargas gun gets bail

Lawyers for the accused told the court that there was a delay of 18 hours in registering the FIR, which was not explained by the prosecution. It was argued that the accused persons came to “peacefully participate in the protest of the farmers and did not resort to rioting”.

The class X student’s lawyers also told the court that keeping him in custody would “harm his career” and “cause undue hardship to his family”. In case of other accused persons, it was argued that they had clean antecedents and that they were the sole breadwinners of their families.

The Additional Public Prosecutor told the court that the accused persons were not farmers and were hired to participate in rioting. It was contented that the protest against the farm bills is continuing and if the accused persons were released, there was “every likelihood that they would commit a similar offence”.