India, Feb. 1 -- Jalandhar

A day before the mayoral elections for the Phagwara municipal corporation, the Kapurthala additional sessions court granted pre-arrest bail to 21 Congress councillors. The councillors had expressed concerns about potential arrests ahead of the election scheduled for February 1.

In its order, the court said: "As the applicants are apprehending their arrest in false case because of political slugfest, in case, any FIR is registered against any of the applicants, they shall not be immediately arrested but 7-day notice be given in compliance of the guidelines."

District Congress legal cell president Karanjot Singh Jhikka filed an application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeki...