Pleas in Supreme Court allege illegal detentions by Delhi and Bihar police
Volunteer who distributed food and water to protesters at Jantar Mantar and his friend allege that police seized their phones, blindfolded them and questioned them at an undisclosed location over the ‘source of funds’; law student held without arrest warrant still in Bihar police custody
Several petitions have been submitted to the Supreme Court alleging illegal and arbitrary detention of individuals involved in recent student protests against examination paper leaks in Delhi and Bihar. The court granted permission for police to investigate the FIRs, but prohibited any coercive actions against protesting students without criminal backgrounds.
Junaid Malik, a volunteer who distributed food and water at the protest site in Delhi, was arrested on July 24, 2026, while returning from a hospital after receiving treatment for a dog bite. He claims he was blindfolded, taken to an undisclosed location, and questioned for hours about the source of funds for the distribution. Malik also alleges that police raided his home and demanded bank account details and identity documents from his family members without any official paperwork.
Separately, a 22-year-old law student from Bihar was arrested on July 25, 2026, during the protests, but was not informed of the grounds for his arrest or produced before a magistrate within 24 hours as required by law. He has been held in judicial custody since then, without being informed of the reasons for his detention or shown a warrant.
The student's continued detention without communication of the arrest grounds violates his constitutional rights, according to the petition. As of the publication, the law student has not been released from custody.
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