Deep Sidhu, accused in Jan 26 violence, granted bail by Delhi court in 2nd case

Actor-activist Deep Sidhu, accused of violence in the national capital on Republic Day, has been granted bail in the second case against him by Tis Hazari court in Delhi on Monday. Owing to this, Sidhu who was arrested on February 9 in connection with the Red Fort violence on January 26 during the farmers' tractor parade against the Centre's three farm laws, can walk free if not arrested in any other case.

Deep Sidhu

In its bail order, the court said that Sidhu's "further incarceration in the present case would bear no fruit and therefore would be unjustified." Sidhu was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs. 25,000 with one surety of like amount by the court.

Calling his arrest, right after being granted bail in the first case related to the same incident, a "vicious and sinister action", the court said it "amounts to playing fraud with the established criminal process."

While granting the bail, the court noted that Sidhu had already been interrogated in police custody for 14 days and been in custody for about 70 days when he has been granted regular bail in the first case earlier this month by a local court in Delhi. After the bail then, Sidhu was arrested again on the same day on the basis of an FIR filed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in connection with Republic Day violence.

There are two FIRs that have been registered against Sidhu in connection with the violence on Republic Day. In the first FIR, he was granted bail by a sessions court and hours later he was arrested by the Crime Branch in connection with the second FIR.

Granting bail in the first case, the Delhi court had then noted that the accused won't be able to interfere with the evidence, as these are mostly video recordings posted on social media. The bail was granted by special judge Neelofer Abida Perveen on a personal bond of ₹30,000 and two sureties of a like amount.

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