Today, On 22nd August, The Allahabad High Court reserved its decision on the bail plea of Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh, linked to a 2001 street protest case. Singh, along with five others, was convicted earlier this year. While the court deliberates, Singh is not required to surrender before the Sultanpur court.
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday reserved its decision on a bail plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh concerning a case related to a street protest from 2001.
Justice K.S. Pawar reserved the order after hearing arguments.
On Wednesday, the court stated that Sanjay Singh does not need to surrender to the Sultanpur court until the High Court issues its ruling on the bail plea.
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Earlier, Singh and five others convicted by a Sultanpur court on January 11, 2023, and their appeal subsequently dismissed by the sessions court on August 6, 2023.
On August 13, the MP-MLA court in Sultanpur issued a non-bailable warrant against Sanjay Singh, Samajwadi Party leader Anoop Sanda, and four others.
A Sultanpur court in Uttar Pradesh ordered the arrest of Sanjay Singh on August 20 in connection with a 23-year-old case, instructing the police to present him before the court on August 28. The court expressed strong disapproval of Sanjay Singh’s absence from the hearing of this two-decade-old case.
Earlier, on August 13, the MP-MLA court issued a non-bailable warrant against Singh, Samajwadi Party leader Anoop Sanda, and four others, with the hearing set for Tuesday. However, the accused did not appear before the court.
A court officer stated,
“The court has directed the police to arrest all the accused and produce them in court by August 28,”
Their advocate, Madan Singh, mentioned that a bail petition for Singh and Sanda has been submitted to the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, with a hearing scheduled for August 22. He added that the date for the next hearing in the MP/MLA court of Special Magistrate Shubham Verma will be decided later in the evening.
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On June 19, 2001, a protest led by former SP MLA Anoop Sanda held near an overbridge close to the city’s Sabzi Mandi area, in response to poor electricity supply. Sanjay Singh, along with former councillors Kamal Srivastava, Vijay Kumar, Santosh, and Subhash Chaudhary, participated in the demonstration.
A case filed against all of them at the Kotwali Nagar Police Station. On January 11, 2023, Special Magistrate Yogesh Yadav convicted all six individuals, sentencing them to three months in prison.
On August 9, the MP/MLA court ordered the six to appear before it. When they failed to comply, Special Magistrate Shubham Verma issued non-bailable warrants for their arrest.