New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Tis Hazari Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of five accused persons arrested in the Turkman Gate stone pelting case.

Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Sayesha Chaddha rejected the bail pleas of the accused persons, noting the seriousness of the allegations against them and the initial stage of the investigation.

"The relentless pelting of stones, damage to government property and the injury sustained by the police officials, while the discharge of their official duties, is indeed not a simpliciter case of assault but an attack on the administration," the court observed.

"Hence, considering the seriousness of allegations, at the stage of investigation, the court deems it apposite to dismiss the appli...