The Supreme Court today heard a plea against the alleged use of pellet guns by the Rapid Action Force(RAF) against the student protests at Jantar Mantar. Justice Bagchi said that a bona fide protest may turn violent at any point, perhaps due to infiltration of anti-social elements, and "graded responses" of the law enforcement might be sometimes necessary. The petition mentions that the RAF had ordered a verification into the allegation of excesses as a news report revealed that, as per the logbook of the RAF, seven rounds of pellet guns were fired by them on July 20. The petition prays for directions for banning or decommissioning the use of wholly or partly metallic pellet guns for dispersing civilian assemblies. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana also ordered immediate release of minors detained by police across different States except those with criminal background.