New Delhi (TIP): A sessions court on Thursday, February 25,  granted bail to 16 accused in connection to the incident at?Singhu border in which the SHO of Alipur police station Pradeep Paliwal was stabbed during stone-pelting between the protesting farmers and some local residents on January 29. At least two people, including a police official, were injured in the violence. Additional sessions judge Shivani Anand granted bail to the 16 accused, stating injuries suffered by other police officials were superficial except those on the body of SHO Alipur. The court also said that the prosecution has failed to show as to why it did not seek the police remand of the accused despite arresting them. The judge also said that name of the accused would have been mentioned in the FIR, if the accused were overpowered from the spot. The police contended that though the names of other accused persons could not be mentioned initially in the FIR but police officials have properly identified the offenders in their statement.

Meanwhile, a Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to a Class 12 student suffering from Bipolar disorder, arrested in connection to the violence at Nangloi Chowk during the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day, saying that he was a young man with clean antecedents and has already been in custody for 29 days.

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that brings severe high and low moods and changes in behaviour.

Additional sessions judge Samar Vishal granted bail to one Gursewak who was arrested for allegedly hitting the police barricades and police vehicles while driving a tractor, noting the “tender age” of the accused.

The police alleged that the accused tried to run over the police personnel deployed at Nangloi Chowk and sped towards Peeragarhi.

The judge said the acts of the protestors/ rioters cannot be condoned, however, the guilt or innocence of the accused is a matter of trial and nothing cannot be said about it at this stage.

In an another case related to Nangloi violence, the judge granted bail to one Daljinder stating that the accused was just 22-year-old and does not have any criminal record.

Co-accused in Nodeep Kaur case has multiple injuries: Medical report

A REPORT by the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, submitted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday, has said that a medical examination of Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan president Shiv Kumar (24) showed multiple injuries, including at least two fractures on his left hand and right foot, “caused by blunt object/ weapon”. The injuries are “more than two weeks old”, says the report.

Kumar was arrested on January 16, four days after co-accused Nodeep Kaur was picked up. On February 19, the court had directed the SP, Sonipat Jail, to get Kumar examined at GMCH, after his father, Rajbir, told the court that Kumar had been subjected to “police torture”.

Both the Haryana DGP, Manoj Yadava, and Sonipat SP, Jashandeep Singh Randhawa, did not respond to text messages sent by The Indian Express on the allegations of torture.