JNU Students Released From Tihar Jail After Delhi Court Orders Immediate Release

The court had granted bail to the 14 protesters on February 27, saying while assaulting police personnel is a serious offence, the accused are students with their careers ahead of them.

Duty Magistrate Ravi was hearing the students' plea against a magisterial court's order that had sent them to 14 days' judicial custody, till the verification process of their documents and bail bonds was completed.

The court said, "Although the said judgment pertained to verification of surety bonds by jail authorities and police after grant of interim bail, the underlying constitutional principle is clearly that procedural formalities cannot be so protracted as to render the judicial order of bail illusory."