NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-conveners Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on Wednesday withdrew their petition in the Delhi High Court challenging the extension of their judicial custody by a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM).
Justice Subramonium Prasad asked their counsel to wait for the outcome of the SEM’s hearing scheduled later in the day and to approach the appellate forum if the grievance persisted. Allowing the withdrawal, the judge clarified that he had made no observations on the merits of the case. The court also remarked orally that a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution was not the appropriate remedy here.