The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear a petition by All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora challenging a Delhi Police notice requiring her to furnish a peace bond before a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM). The petition follows her arrest during a protest against alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
The matter was listed for Thursday before a bench led by Justice Subramonium Prasad after it came up before the court on Wednesday, according to a report by Jagran. Bora’s petition challenges the notice issued under Section 126 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
The police issued the notice on 17 October and directed Bora to appear before the SEM on 19 October. It required her to execute a personal bond of Rs 10,000 along with one surety, with the stated condition of maintaining peace.
The notice followed Bora’s arrest during a protest opposing alleged irregularities in the SIR process. The supplied report does not provide details of the specific allegations against her, the circumstances of the arrest, or the grounds on which the police concluded that a peace bond was necessary.
Proceedings before an SEM under the BNSS can require a person to provide security for keeping the peace. In this case, the High Court petition places the police notice and the bond requirement before the judiciary for examination. The court’s hearing will determine how the challenge proceeds, but no decision on the validity of the notice is reported in the supplied material.
The case brings a preventive policing measure into the legal spotlight in the context of a public protest in Delhi. It also involves the administrative process through which a police notice is issued, a person is required to appear before an executive magistrate, and a bond and surety are sought. The report does not state whether the notice has been withdrawn, whether Bora appeared before the SEM on 19 October, or whether the court granted any interim relief.
The Delhi High Court is expected to take up Bora’s petition on Thursday. Further developments will depend on the court’s directions after hearing the challenge to the peace-bond notice.
