New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (May 7) said the Parliament building is the pride of the country and nobody can play a prank in the building where serious work gets transited and laws for the country are made and those arrested for the 2023 security breach couldn’t equate themselves with martyrs like Bhagat Singh.

A bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, however, asked the Delhi Police to explain why the accused persons in the case were booked booked for an offence punishable under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

“Nobody can even play a prank or do something like… in the Parliament building which is of course the pride of the country. Nobody is saying anything about that. But the question is whether an offence under UAPA, having stricter bail considerations, made out? There can be other Acts under which you can proceed. No problem in that. The issue is whether offence under UAPA is made out,” the bench said while hearing bail........

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