The court rejected plea of Delhi police that they needed to interrogate accused in their custody for 2 days to unravel the conspiracy.
A Delhi court Friday granted bail to three persons, arrested for allegedly assaulting noted lawyer and anti-corruption activist Prashant Bhushan in his Supreme Court chamber here.
"The accused are admitted on bail on furnishing of a personal and surety bond of Rs25,000 each. They will not visit the premises of the Supreme Court without prior permission from this court," Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar said.
The court also rejected the plea of Delhi police that they needed to interrogate accused Tejender Pal Singh Bagga, Vishnu Gupta and Inder Verma in their custody for two days to unravel the conspiracy behind the attack on Bhushan, also a key member of Team Anna, and to arrest their fourth accomplice.
"I do not find any proper ground for seeking police custody of the accused. The remand application is rejected," the court said, adding they are charged with the offences of assaulting, trespass and conspiracy under the IPC.
"Except the offence of trespass, all other offences are bailable," the magistrate said.
Bhushan was roughed up on October 12 allegedly by three youths in his chamber during his interview with a TV news channel which managed to film the incident.
The trio had assaulted Bhushan after barging into his chamber No 301 of New Lawyers Chamber opposite the Supreme Court.
During arguments on the bail plea of three accused, the defence lawyers said their clients did not trespass into Bhushan's chamber and, in fact, had taken an appointment to meet him to seek clarification on his "anti-national" statement on Jammu and Kashmir.
Bhushan has reportedly said a plebiscite be held on Jammu and Kashmir issue.
"If you carefully examine the video footage, it is clear that one of the accused (Inder Verma) had injuries on his face before they allegedly assaulted the lawyer (Bhushan). In fact the complainant, along with his staff, roughed up the accused," one of the defence advocates said.
"In fact, an FIR should have been registered by police against the lawyer (Bhushan). His statement on Jammu and Kashmir itself warrants the registration of an FIR for the offence of sedition.
"India is not a cake that a person of the stature of Prashant Bhushan will cut it into pieces and distribute them to others. Our Constitution guarantees territorial integrity of the country," lawyer Kishan Nautiyal said.
The court reacted to the statement saying "legal remedies are available to you. This is not the way to react."
Opposing the bail plea, the public prosecutor also sought police custody of the accused on the ground that the fourth absconding accomplice was yet to be arrested.
"The conduct of the accused and the yesterday's incident outside the (Patiala) court premises in which two persons were assaulted speak itself. They do not deserve the bail," he said.
"It was the most unfortunate incident. But it was a separate incident also and for that another FIR has been registered and these arrested accused had no roles in that," Nautiyal responded.
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