The court of an Executive Magistrate here on Monday ordered the release of Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad, who was arrested from a hotel in the intervening night of July 1 and 2, after he spent two days in judicial custody. Mr. Azad was arrested along with 21 others under Section 151 of Criminal Procedure Code.
Mr. Azad had arrived here to support a protest called by the Covid Health Assistants, engaged by the State government on a temporary basis during the pandemic, demanding regularisation of their jobs. Mr. Azad and his associates were apparently arrested to keep them away from the protest.
The Jaipur Police Commissionerate enjoys the magisterial powers of granting bail, while dealing with Section 151 of Cr.P.C. which lays down the procedure for arresting a person without orders from a Magistrate and without warrants, if there is a design to commit a cognizable offence.
