Court fixes 30 March for decision on probe in cases against AAP members
27 March 2013 7:18 AM IST
A Delhi court on Tuesday fixed 30 March for pronouncing its order on whether to direct the police to conduct further probe in three cases in which Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members were chargesheeted for allegedly rioting and unlawful assembly during their protests.
Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja, who was scheduled to pass the order on Tuesday, posted the matter for 30 March saying the order was not prepared.
The court had on 18 March reserved its order for Tuesday after hearing the arguments in which Delhi police had said they had fulfilled all requirements for imposing prohibitory order under section 144 of CrPC during the protests by AAP members in front of the Prime Minister's residence and other places here on 26 August last year.
During the hearing, advocate Prashant Bhushan, AAP member and an accused in the case, had argued that imposition of section 144 was a ‘clear abuse of process by the police’ and it was ‘designed to harass them’.
During the arguments, police had faced a tough time with the court asking it to explain why section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in the New Delhi area.
Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja, who was scheduled to pass the order on Tuesday, posted the matter for 30 March saying the order was not prepared.
The court had on 18 March reserved its order for Tuesday after hearing the arguments in which Delhi police had said they had fulfilled all requirements for imposing prohibitory order under section 144 of CrPC during the protests by AAP members in front of the Prime Minister's residence and other places here on 26 August last year.
During the hearing, advocate Prashant Bhushan, AAP member and an accused in the case, had argued that imposition of section 144 was a ‘clear abuse of process by the police’ and it was ‘designed to harass them’.
During the arguments, police had faced a tough time with the court asking it to explain why section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in the New Delhi area.
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