Patna:
Jan Suraj leader Prashant Kishore, who was arrested for illegally staging a protest at Gandhi Maidan, has been released. Patna Civil Court removed all the earlier conditions of PR bond. In this case, Prashant Kishore had already got bail from the court. The court had ordered bail on a personal bond of Rs 25,000. The court had put a condition along with the bail bond that he cannot participate in such protests which may lead to disruption of law and order. However, Prashant Kishore refused to pay the bail bond and accept the bail conditions, after which he was sent to judicial custody.

On behalf of Prashant Kishor, it was said that protesting is his fundamental right. He demanded the court to remove the condition, which was rejected by the judge. He also said that raising voice against the injustice being done to the youth is a crime, so it is acceptable for him to go to jail. However, later the court removed the conditions and granted him bail.

Arrested on Monday morning

Earlier, Prashant Kishore and his supporters were arrested on Monday morning. After this, anger was seen among his supporters. After his arrest, Prashant Kishore was presented in the civil court after medical test at Patna AIIMS.

A case was registered against Prashant Kishor for starting a fast unto death at Gandhi Maidan last week, in violation of the Patna High Court order barring any such protest at any place other than Gardani Bagh area of ​​the city. There is a ban on demonstration.

A senior officer said that policemen removed Kishore and his supporters from the protest site. He said that the protest was being held near a restricted area and thus their demonstration was “illegal”.

Kishor had started a fast unto death on January 2 in protest against the alleged leaking of the question paper of the examination conducted by BPSP on December 13 and was arrested on the fifth day of the fast.

What did Prashant Kishore say?

Speaking to reporters before being taken to Beur Central Jail on the outskirts of the city, Kishore alleged, “After being detained at 4 in the morning, I was taken to AIIMS, Patna for medical examination, but The doctors refused to do the necessary tests for reasons only they would know.

“Between 5 am and 11 am, the police kept taking me around in their ambulance, but they did not bother to tell me the location,” Kishore claimed. When I enquired, they said they could take me to PMCH or NMCH (both government hospitals in the city) for testing.