File photo of CM Arvind Kejriwal addressing an AAP rally. (Image: ANI)
Special Judge Geetanjali Goel upheld the findings of a magisterial court which had acquitted Kejriwal, Sisodia and nine other AAP MLAs in the case.
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A Delhi court on Wednesday rejected an application by former chief secretary Anshu Prakash against the acquittal of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in a case related to the alleged assault on a bureaucrat in 2018. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel upheld the findings of the magistrate court. Kejriwal, Sisodia and nine other AAP MLAs were discharged in this case.
Prakash had challenged the trial court’s order saying he had made a mistake in his decision to discharge the politicians in the case. The criminal case pertains to the alleged attack on Prakash during a meeting at Kejriwal’s official residence on February 19, 2018.
The trial court had acquitted Kejriwal, Sisodia and other AAP MLAs – Rajesh Rishi, Nitin Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Ajay Dutt, Sanjeev Jha, Rituraj Govind, Rajesh Gupta, Madan Lal and Dinesh Mohaniya. The court, however, had ordered framing of charges against AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal in the case.
Kejriwal, Sisodia and nine other AAP MLAs were granted bail in October 2018. Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal were earlier granted bail by the High Court.
The alleged attack had led to a heated argument between the Delhi government and its bureaucrats.
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