A Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) court in Delhi on Wednesday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ritu Raj, acting as the SEM, passed the release order after accepting the sureties furnished by Das and Ranka.

Delhi Police had earlier sought an extension of judicial custody by three more days.

The police had detained Das and Ranka on October 13 after they climbed the gates of the barricaded Jantar Mantar site

On October 14, they were sent to judicial custody for five days. On October 19, the custody was extended for two more days.

In its October 19 order, the SEM court said that Das and Ranka's conduct showed that they have no respect for the law and that there are serious concerns about them breaching peace and tranquillity. 

The Court said that they showed "habitualness" by calling for protest at de-notified areas. Further, the SEM rejected the sureties produced for Ranka and Das after finding them unfit.

After the two-day period ended today, they were produced before the Court today.

Meanwhile, Das and Ranka had also challenged the SEM court's October 19 order before the Delhi High Court.

However, the writ petition was withdrawn after High Court Justice Subramonium Prasad said that the SEM Court was seized of the matter today and that a more appropriate remedy for them would be a revision plea if they do not get relief from SEM court.

Advocates Abhik Chimni and Pranjal Abrol appeared for Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka before SEM court and High Court.