Ten people were arrested while making their way to the Nakuru Law Courts for the hearing of the case of former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga.
Four suspects who had taken advantage of the adjournment to go for a cup of tea were also absent from court after they were barred from entering the compound.
This is despite the court allowing the defence and prosecution to make arrangements and allow particular people into the building.
The case failed to start as scheduled after protests over the heavy police presence at Nakuru Law Courts.
Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru said it was wrong for armed policemen to block all the roads leading to Nakuru Law Courts in a bid to keep citizens away.
He threatened that the defense would stage a protest if friends and relatives of the 12 accused persons were not allowed to attend the court hearing.
He told Chief Magistrate, Kipkurui Kibelion to summon the Nakuru County Police Commander and order him to recall all the extra police officers around Nakuru Law Courts.
"Even lawyers are not being allowed in court before showing identity cards to prove that they are members of the Law Society of Kenya," he said.
Prosecutor Wycliffe Omwenga dismissed the prayers by defence saying that the court had a limited capacity to hold the friends and relatives.
He claimed that a witness fainted on Monday due to congestion in the courtroom.
Magistrate Kibelion noted that while as the court could not accommodate everyone, the prosecution and the defence could deliberate on who to be allowed in.
Njenga and the co-accused are charged with being members of an unlawful sect, attending and illegal meeting, being in illegal possession of firearms and marijuana and recruiting people into an illegal grouping among others.
The offences were allegedly committed between May 11 and May 12 in Githioro area of Wanyororo in Bahati Sub-County.