Dushyant Tomar, President of a students' body of Meerut college pelted stones on policemen and forcibly released Surendra Fauji from the lockup yesterday, in which five cops were injured, they said.
A case was registered against the accused and his associates under relevant sections of IPC today at Sadar Bazar police station, police said.
The prisoner Fauji was arrested for allegedly thrashing Pradeep Sharma, in a dispute over a shop in Begum Pul area, they said.
The accused, in turn, has filed a counter-complaint against the Sadar Bazar police for allegedly thrashing him and his nearly half a dozen supporters.
The police have not registered a case on Tomar's complaint so far.