Mere presence did not make him part of an unlawful assembly and that he was an honest citizen who was part of a protest, Deep Sidhu’s counsel argued in the court.
Arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the violence at the Red Fort during farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day, actor and activist Deep Sidhu has been granted bail by a Delhi court. The Punjabi actor was arrested in February from Karnal in Haryana by the Delhi Police Special cell. His arrest came days after a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to his arrest was announced.
Ater the two sides, the actor’s counsel and the public prosecutor representing the Delhi police, argued over his role in the violence at the Red Fort on January 26 during the protesting farmers’ tractor rally, the Delhi court had on Monday reserved its order on the bail application of Deep Sidhu.
Mere presence did not make him part of an unlawful assembly and that he was an honest citizen who was part of a protest, Deep Sidhu’s counsel argued in the court. However, the public prosecutor claimed that Deep Sidhu participated in the protest with the intention to create violence and that he was the main instigator of unlawful assembly.
The public prosecutor, claiming that if released, said Deep Sidhu would destroy the evidence as he destroyed two phones before he was apprehended.
Chaos and violence was witnessed during the tractor rally organised by the protesting farmers on Republic day as some miscreants clashed with the police. As incidents of violence were reported from several parts of Delhi, some protesters reached the Red Fort and entered the monument.
Some of the protestors even embarked on the its domes and a flagstaff at the ramparts, unfurling a ‘Nishan Sahib’ flag.
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