{"id":32021,"date":"2026-10-03T16:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32021"},"modified":"2026-10-03T16:54:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:54:53","slug":"agra-court-grants-bail-to-6-cong-workers-arrested-for-defacing-cec-gyanesh-kumars-ancestral-home-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32021","title":{"rendered":"Agra court grants bail to 6 Cong workers arrested for defacing CEC Gyanesh Kumar&#8217;s ancestral home | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134663104,imgsize-1043240,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg\" alt=\"Agra court grants bail to 6 Cong workers arrested for defacing CEC Gyanesh Kumar's ancestral home\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: A local court on Saturday granted bail to six Congress workers arrested for allegedly defacing the outer wall of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar&#8217;s ancestral home in Agra during a protest against alleged manipulation of voter lists.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The accused &#8211; Mukesh Dhangar, Anil Yadav, Rajesh Kumar, Manoj Gaur, Rajesh Gautam and Pankaj Chaudhary &#8211; were granted bail after furnishing surety bonds of Rs 20,000 each, advocate Santosh Dixit, who represented them, said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The six were arrested on September 29 and had been sent to jail following a case registered against them under several provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including those relating to attempt to murder, rioting, wrongful restraint and assault or criminal force against a public servant.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Dixit said the police had dropped Section 109(2) of the BNS, relating to attempt to murder, after failing to substantiate the charge in its submissions before the court.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>In an earlier hearing, the court had directed the police to conduct a detailed investigation into the invocation of Section 109(1), asking them to specify the facts, injuries, medical evidence, eyewitness testimony or other evidence supporting the charge.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The court had also directed the investigating officer to complete the probe by October 3 and drop the section if the investigation did not establish the alleged offence.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>On September 28 protest in which some Congress workers allegedly wrote slogans with black paint on the gate and outer wall of Kumar&#8217;s residence in the Vijay Nagar area of Agra.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Police registered the case at Hariparvat police station on a complaint by a sub-inspector against eight named persons and 15-20 unidentified Congress workers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The other charges in the case include Section 121 of the BNS, relating to voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter a public servant from performing his duty, Section 126 on wrongful restraint and Section 132 on assault or criminal force against a public servant. Provisions relating to rioting, house-trespass, criminal intimidation and intentional insult were also invoked.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Congress Agra city president Amit Singh welcomed the bail order and said the party would continue its agitation against Kumar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>&#8220;The serious section imposed by the police has been removed by the court. This is a victory for democracy,&#8221; Singh said, adding that the Congress would continue its campaign until Kumar resigns as Chief Election Commissioner.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/agra-court-grants-bail-to-6-cong-workers-arrested-for-defacing-cec-gyanesh-kumars-ancestral-home\/articleshow\/134663054.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: A local court on Saturday granted bail to six Congress workers arrested for allegedly defacing the outer wall of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar&#8217;s ancestral home in Agra during a protest against alleged manipulation of voter lists.The accused &#8211; Mukesh Dhangar, Anil Yadav, Rajesh Kumar, Manoj Gaur, Rajesh Gautam and Pankaj Chaudhary &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cec-gyanesh-kumar.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"NEW DELHI: A local court on Saturday granted bail to six Congress workers arrested for allegedly defacing the outer wall of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar&#8217;s ancestral home in Agra during a protest against alleged manipulation of voter lists.The accused &#8211; 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