Indian Youth Congress Chief Uday Bhanu Chib. File.
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A Delhi courtroom has granted bail to Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president Uday Bhanu Chib, who was arrested in reference to a protest on the India AI Influence Summit.
Mr. Chib was produced earlier than the obligation Justice of the Peace round 1 a.m. on Saturday (February 28, 2026) as his four-day police custody, granted by the courtroom on February 24, got here to an finish.
Obligation Justice of the Peace Vanshika Mehta was listening to an software by the Delhi Police in search of a seven-day extension of his custody. Nevertheless, she dismissed the plea and granted him bail.
Talking to the media, Chib’s counsel knowledgeable that bail was granted by the Justice of the Peace towards the surety bond of ₹50,000, and the courtroom has additionally directed his shopper to give up his passport and digital devices.
“The obligation Justice of the Peace was happy sufficient to grant bail to Uday Bhanu Chib and has defined within the bail order that the police crime department has not been in a position to clarify the explanations for in search of extension of PC remand to Uday Bhanu Chib,” the IYC president’s counsel mentioned.
On February 24, the courtroom allowed 4 days of custody to the police to query Mr. Chib over his function within the AI Summit protest held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, throughout which IYC members took their shirts off to disclose anti-Modi and anti-Centre slogans on T-shirts beneath.
The summit started on February 16 and noticed packed halls and lengthy queues all through, as tech moguls, business leaders, policymakers, and founders thronged the venue.
The accused wore T-shirts bearing photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump, with slogans towards the federal government and the India-US commerce deal.
The protesters additionally allegedly engaged in a protracted scuffle with safety personnel and police workers deployed on the venue.
Printed – February 28, 2026 10:26 am IST
