AI Summit protest: Sessions court orders stay on bail to IYC president Chib

NEW DELHI: Hours after a magisterial court granted bail to IYC president Uday Bhanu Chib in the wee hours in a case related to a protest at the India AI Impact Summit here, a sessions court granted him relief for now.

Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal stayed the magisterial court order till March 6 on an appeal moved by Delhi Police. The appeal was filed against the order passed by duty magistrate Vanshika Mehta after a midnight hearing. He said, “No person shall be devoid of his liberty on mere conjectures.”