New Delhi, 11 March (H.S.):

Patiala House Court granted interim bail to Umesh Chandra Padala, designer of T-shirts worn by Youth Congress activists during a February 20 shirtless protest at the AI Summit in Bharat Mandapam.

Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal also directed Delhi Police to issue a one-week notice before any arrest. Padala's T-shirts were donned by protesters disrupting the event.

Youth Congress President Uday Bhanu Chib received magistrate bail on February 28, stayed by sessions court that day but overturned by Delhi High Court on March 2. General Secretary Nigam Bhandari has interim bail till March 24; bail pleas for Divyansh Girdhar, Bhudesh Sharma, and Kuber Meena remain reserved since March 9.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar