Published By: Pragati Pal
Last Updated: February 24, 2024, 00:08 IST
The senior Congress chief had contested the choice of a magisterial court docket in Ranchi, which instructed him to personally seem earlier than the court docket to bear trial. (PTI File)
Naveen Jha, a BJP employee, had filed the case towards Gandhi in 2019 for his alleged defamatory remarks towards Union Home Minister Amit Shah
The Jharkhand High Court has rejected Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s petition looking for to quash proceedings towards him in a trial court docket in reference to a prison grievance. Naveen Jha, a BJP employee, had filed the case towards Gandhi in 2019 for his alleged defamatory remarks towards Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Justice Ambuj Nath of the excessive court docket dismissed Gandhi’s plea on Wednesday however the order was uploaded on the excessive court docket web site on Friday. The senior Congress chief had contested the choice of a magisterial court docket in Ranchi, which instructed him to personally seem earlier than the court docket to bear trial. Later, Gandhi moved the excessive court docket, which issued a keep order on any additional actions within the decrease court docket towards him.
The HC had additionally issued notices to complainant Jha to look within the case. During considered one of his public speeches in Chaibasa earlier than the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi had referred to Shah as a “murderer”.
After recording the statements of the complainant and witnesses, Justice of the Peace Anamika Kisku had discovered benefit within the case towards Gandhi and directed him to look earlier than the trial court docket on February 4, 2023. Later, the HC, whereas issuing a keep on the discover issued by the Justice of the Peace, ordered that “no coercive steps” be taken towards Gandhi.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated news company feed – PTI)
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