New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- Delhi's Patiala House Court on Tuesday granted four days of police custody of Indian Youth Congress President Udai Bhanu Chib in the AI Summit protest case. The court said that the absence of a person does not exonerate him from criminal liability, while the counsel for accsued had argued that he was not physically present at the spot.

"The law recognises that conspiracy and abetment can be hatched and executed from a distance and that the absence of physical presence does not, by itself, exonerate a person from criminal liability," the court said.

At the same time, the court called 7 days remand as prolonged custody. It also said that phrases like Sovereignty of State, National Security itself don't justify the cu...