New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- A bail application has been filed on behalf of Swatantra Bhardwaj, seeking regular bail in a case of alleged assault on a person belonging to the SC-ST community.

The bail application is to be listed on September 14 for a hearing before a Special Judge at Patiala House Court

Swatantra Bhardwaj is in judicial custody till September 21 after his arrest by the Delhi police in an alleged case of assault on protester Nishu Azad's father, Sanjay Azad.

On September 6, Patiala House Court's Duty Judicial Magistrate First Class (Duty JMFC) Anjali Singh had remanded Swatantra Bhardwaj to one-day judicial custody after conducting the hearing. He was produced before the duty magistrate through video conferencing after one da...