 "Ashutosh Ranka, Ashutosh, Saurav Das")
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) chief spokespersons Ashutosh Ranka, left, and Saurav Das.(Photo:PTI)
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking an urgent hearing against the extension of their judicial custody.
Das and Ranka sought a night hearing in the high court, which is shut this week due to Dussehra vacation.
A newly-appointed Special Executive Magistrate at Mandir Marg police station on Monday ordered their judicial remand for two more days after they were produced before him.
They were taken into custody on October 13 after they allegedly climbed over a locked gate to enter Jantar Mantar, which had earlier been denotified as a designated protest site, and were sent to five-day judicial custody.
“We have moved the Delhi High Court and requested an urgent night hearing. Saurav and Ashutosh should not spend a single minute behind bars. Their liberty must not be curtailed because of political games. Justice must not wait,” CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh said in a post on X.
The CJP has alleged that the bail proceedings in the case have been deliberately delayed to prevent the release of its two co-convenors.
Along with other CJP workers, Das and Ranka displayed the national flag at the site and shouted slogans against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar before being detained and placed under preventive arrest.
First Published: Oct 20 2026 | 11:27 PM IST
