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Allahabad High Court Grants Relief to 49 NEET Protesters
The Allahabad High Court heard a case involving 49 people.
They had been booked after a protest on June 8.
The protest was about the alleged NEET paper leak and rising prices.
Police accused them of being part of an unlawful assembly and disobeying a public order.
The 49 people challenged the police case.
On August 19, the court temporarily stopped their arrest.
This protection will continue until the court gives another order.
The court has not ended the case or decided the final outcome.
The Allahabad High Court granted interim protection from arrest to 49 people booked after a June 8 protest.
The protest concerned the alleged NEET paper leak and rising prices.
The case arose from an FIR registered at Kotwali Orai police station in Jalaun district.
The accused challenged charges under Sections 189(2) and 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
A division bench ordered that the petitioners must not be arrested until further orders of the court.
- Who
- The Allahabad High Court and 49 people booked after a protest.
- What
- The court granted interim protection from arrest while the 49 petitioners challenge an FIR.
- Where
- The FIR was registered at Kotwali Orai police station in Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- The protest took place on June 8; the court passed its interim order on August 19.
- Why
- The 49 people were booked over alleged unlawful assembly and disobedience to a public order during a protest about the NEET paper leak and rising prices.
Key facts
- People receiving protection
- 49 petitioners
- Court
- Allahabad High Court
- Order date
- August 19
- Protest date
- June 8
- Police station
- Kotwali Orai, Jalaun district
- Legal provisions
- Sections 189(2) and 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- Nature of relief
- Interim protection from arrest until further orders
Quotes
Allahabad High Court division bench
Division bench comprising Justices Rajeev Misra and Dr Ajay Kumar-II
“until further orders of this Court petitioners shall not be arrested in Case Crime No. 321 of 2026, under Sections 189(2), 223 of BNS, Police Station- Kotwali Orai, District- Jalaun”
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