Woman who threw ink at CM granted bail

The Rohini Court granted bail to Bhavna Arora, a 26-year old woman, who threw ink at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Chattrasal Stadium.

Additional Sessions Judge, Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal set her release after the furnishing of a bail bond of Rs 10,000 and a surety of the same amount.

“Considering the facts that the applicant has remained in jail since January 18, it appears to me that no useful purpose shall be served by keeping the applicant behind bars... Considering the totality of circumstances, the applicant is admitted to bail,” the judge said.

During the arguments on bail, advocate Pradeep Rana, appearing for Arora, said that his client has accepted it was not right to throw ink on the Chief Minister.

“We have already got a lesson, more than she deserved in the matter and no purpose would be served by keeping her in jail,” Rana said.

However, the court observed that throwing of ink on the Chief Minister was a “clear-cut case of security lapse” and Delhi Police did not behave responsibly in protecting him. 

Noting that Kejriwal was “fortunate enough that liquid contained in the bottle was simply ink”, Additional Sessions Judge said “one may imagine what would have been the situation in case, god forbid, the bottle could have contained some corrosive substance like acid etc, mixed with ink.” 

“If Chief Minister of Delhi is not safe, one may wonder as to what will be the fate of ordinary prudent citizens of Delhi,” he wondered.

“I fail to understand as to how a bottle containing ink could not be detected during frisking. This is a clear-cut case of security lapses on part of police, especially in the circumstances when the public gathering was addressed in a walled stadium and not in an unfenced ground,” the judge said.