New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- Two Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, were on Monday remanded to judicial custody for another two days, while All India Students' Association (AISA) president Neha Bora approached the Delhi High Court challenging a police notice requiring her to execute a bond for maintaining peace. The developments come amid protests over alleged irregularities in the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and allegations by activists that preventive powers are being used to restrict peaceful dissent.

Das and Ranka were produced before a newly appointed Special Executive Magistrate at Mandir Marg police station after their initial five-day judicial custody, ordered on October 13. Police sought an extension, which was granted on Monday. The two leaders will be produced again on Wednesday.

The CJP co-convenors were detained after allegedly climbing over a locked gate to enter Jantar Mantar, which had been denotified as a designated protest site. They and other party workers displayed the national flag and raised slogans against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke accused authorities of deliberately delaying the bail proceedings to prevent their release. The party also alleged that bail sureties had been rejected on vague grounds.

On Sunday, the Special Executive Magistrate handling the bail matter reportedly told police that unidentified persons had threatened him, prompting the registration of a non-cognisable report.

Meanwhile, Bora's petition seeks the quashing of a police notice issued on October 17 under Section 126 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The notice directed her to appear before the magistrate on October 19 and explain why she should not furnish a personal bond of Rs 10,000 with one surety.

Bora was detained on October 16 while travelling to join the CJP's 'Lehra Do Tiranga' march and released the following day.

Her petition argues that the notice provides no credible evidence of a likely breach of peace and alleges that the proceedings violate constitutional protections for free speech, peaceful assembly and personal liberty. She has sought protection against coercive action.

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