Delhi court remands CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to five days of judicial custody over their alleged entry into Jantar Mantar. The police allegations are untested, the court has expressed no view on guilt and the presumption of innocence applies.
New Delhi: Five days of judicial custody is what a Delhi court has ordered for Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, in a case registered by Delhi Police over their alleged entry into Jantar Mantar without authorisation. The allegations are the police’s, they are untested, and the order records no finding on them [State v. Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka].
The order came on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, from the Special Executive Magistrate’s court, after the two were placed under preventive arrest. The available material does not name the Magistrate, the FIR number or the police station that registered the case.
From detention to the courtroom
The two were detained on the morning of 13 October and taken to Jaffarpur Kalan police station, and then to Parliament Street police station in the early hours of 14 October. The party’s legal affairs head, Ratna Singh, said on X that the leaders would be produced before the court in the morning and that judicial custody in Tihar Jail was possible. She also stated that the leaders were not allowed to meet their lawyers until late at night. These are the party’s statements and the police have not been reported as responding to them. The submissions made in court by either side, defence counsel’s names and the next hearing date are not available.
The police case
An FIR was registered on 13 October against the two and various others. Delhi Police allege that they tried to enter Jantar Mantar on 13 October, a day after it was de-notified as a protest site, by scaling locked gates and police barricades while holding the Indian flag and raising slogans, before security personnel intercepted them. The allegations listed are unlawful assembly and disobedience of an order promulgated by a public servant.
Where the proceedings stand
The remand follows the earlier release of the party’s leaders on a bond to maintain peace, and extends the legal proceedings over the protests in Delhi against the Chief Election Commissioner.
What remand does not decide
Remand is a procedural step: it does not determine guilt, and the leaders remain presumed innocent. Bail applications, if filed, are yet to be reported.
Case Details: FIR registered 13 October 2026 by Delhi Police (number and police station not available); remand order of the Special Executive Magistrate’s court, Delhi, 14 October 2026; five days of judicial custody.
Appearances: Not reported.