Ink attack: Court sends Bhawna to judicial custody for 14 days

The court also stated that since investigation is at a “preliminary stage”, the “possibility of conspiracy by other persons cannot be ruled out”.

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Bhawna Arora being taken away from the event at Chhatrasal Stadium. PTI

A Delhi court Tuesday sent Bhawna Arora, accused of throwing ink at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at a rally Sunday, to judicial custody for 14 days. It observed that her act was “committed with due intention and planning” and “to malign the reputation of a duly democratically elected head of state”.

Rejecting her bail plea, Metropolitan Magistrate Sunil Kumar said the alleged offence committed by her was “grievous and serious in nature”. Bhawna had moved a bail plea before the court after her one-day police custody expired Tuesday.

“…The accused, with pre-meditated intention, tried to insult and assault a public servant, who is the Chief Minister of Delhi, before a public gathering….,” said the court.

“After hearing both sides and considering the facts and circumstances of the present case, this court is of the view that the offences are grievous and serious in nature. Therefore, I am not inclined to grant bail to applicant/accused. Accordingly, the bail application is dismissed,” MM Kumar ordered.

“The behaviour and nature of the act done by the accused also does not entitle her to the bail,” it added.

The court also stated that since investigation is at a “preliminary stage”, the “possibility of conspiracy by other persons cannot be ruled out”.

The additional public prosecutor argued against bail and told the court that “the assault was not only on the CM of Delhi but on democracy”.

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However, Bhawna’s counsel told the court that she belongs to a respectable family and that being a woman, she is entitled to bail under sections of the CrPC.
The counsel further argued that she is “being falsely implicated in the case” and that except for Section 353 of the IPC (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), all the other charges slapped against her are bailable offences.

Kaunain Sheriff M

Kaunain Sheriff M is an award-winning investigative journalist and the National Health Editor at The Indian Express. He is the author of Johnson & Johnson Files: The Indian Secrets of a Global Giant, an investigation into one of the world’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies. With over a decade of experience, Kaunain brings deep expertise in three areas of investigative journalism: law, health, and data. He currently leads The Indian Express newsroom’s in-depth coverage of health. His work has earned some of the most prestigious honours in journalism, including the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Award, and the Mumbai Press Club’s Red Ink Award. Kaunain has also collaborated on major global investigations. He was part of the Implant Files project with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which exposed malpractices in the medical device industry across the world. He also contributed to an international investigation that uncovered how a Chinese big-data firm was monitoring thousands of prominent Indian individuals and institutions in real time. Over the years, he has reported on several high-profile criminal trials, including the Hashimpura massacre, the 2G spectrum scam, and the coal block allocation case. Within The Indian Express, he has been honoured three times with the Indian Express Excellence Award for his investigations—on the anti-Sikh riots, the Vyapam exam scam, and the abuse of the National Security Act in Uttar Pradesh. ... Read More

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