India, Oct. 12 -- In the early hours of Sunday, three senior figures of the Cockroach Janta Party stepped out of Delhi's executive magistrate court after nearly a full day in preventive detention. Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das had been taken from an aircraft at Indira Gandhi International Airport the previous morning, moments after landing from Mumbai. Police acted under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, citing the need to prevent a breach of peace ahead of the group's planned gathering at Jantar Mantar.

The Special Executive Magistrate at Delhi Cantonment accepted a surety bond of Rs 50,000 and ordered their release on the explicit condition that they maintain peace and good behaviour for on...