ALL India Students’ Association president Neha Bora on Saturday said she will not sign a peace bond before a special executive magistrate, a day after the Delhi High Court dismissed her plea challenging a police notice directing her to provide a personal bond of Rs 10,000 with one surety. Questioning the rationale behind the notice, Bora asked, “Whose peace am I being asked to keep?” Neha Bora appeared before the special executive magistrate (SEM) on Saturday. During the proceedings, the magistrate, following the

 

High Court’s directions, provided Bora’s counsel with the documents that formed the basis of the police allegation that there is a likelihood of breach of peace and gave her time to reply by October 29, her lawyer said. Addressing the press, Bora said demonstrating peacefully on the streets is a democratic right, and questioned how raising concerns against the Government could be construed as a threat to peace. “If we do not ask the Government any questions, whose peace are we keeping?” she asked, stressing that the right to question those in power and express dissent is fundamental to a democracy.