India, Jan. 15 -- NEW DELHI

A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of five persons accused of instigating violence during a demolition drive at central Delhi's Turkman Gate last week, holding that the incident was "not a simple case of assault" but an attack on the administration.

Judicial magistrate first class Sayesha Chadha of Tis Hazari Courts, while deciding on the bail pleas of accused Mohammad Areeb, Mohd Kaif, Mohd Kashif, Adnan and Sameer, said, "The relentless pelting of stones, damage to government property and the injury sustained by the police officers during the discharge of their official duties is indeed not a simpliciter case of assault but an attack on the administration."

The Delhi Police, represented by...