Delhi High Court Rejects Neha Bora’s Plea Against ₹10,000 Peace Bond Notice
Neha Bora Loses Plea Against Peace Bond Notice, but Delhi HC Issues Directions to Magistrate (image Neha on X)
By AMIT KUMAR
The court rejected the AISA president’s challenge to preventive proceedings linked to protests in Delhi but directed the magistrate to provide all relevant material and consider the scope of Section 135 of the BNSS.
New Delhi, October 23, 2026 — The Delhi High Court has rejected a petition filed by All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora challenging a police notice requiring her to furnish a personal bond of ₹10,000 with one surety to maintain peace during an inquiry linked to recent protests in the national capital.
Justice Subramonium Prasad passed the order, rejecting Bora’s writ petition while issuing directions to the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) handling the proceedings.
According to Bar and Bench, the court said: “Writ petition is rejected. However, there are certain directions. All the material to be furnished to her.” The court also directed the magistrate to consider the implications of Section 135 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
The provision was relevant to the question of whether the bond should be required immediately or during the inquiry if subsequent incidents indicated a risk to public peace.
The notice challenged by Bora was issued following her detention at Mandi House on October 16, when she was attending a gathering connected to protests in Delhi. The notice cited allegations of sloganeering, repeated protest-related activity despite prohibitory orders and participation in a demonstration at Connaught Place.
Bora challenged the proceedings, arguing that the notice did not establish sufficient grounds to apprehend a breach of peace. Her plea described the action as an attempt to suppress peaceful dissent and claimed that it infringed her fundamental rights to freedom of speech, assembly and personal liberty.
Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for Bora, argued that her calls had been for peaceful protests and that the allegations concerning the Connaught Place gathering were factually incorrect. He also questioned the use of preventive powers against a student leader seeking political and institutional reforms.
Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, representing Delhi Police, defended the notice. He argued that Sections 126 and 130 of the BNSS had to be read together and that preventive action was justified where authorities apprehended a possible breach of public peace.
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