A Delhi court on Monday sought response of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy and others on a petition filed by former chief secretary Anshu Prakash, challenging their discharge in a 2018 case of alleged assault. . Special Judge Geetanjali Goel issued notice to Kejriwal, Dy. CM Manish Sisodia and 9 others on a petition challenging the order acquitting politicians on August 11.
The criminal case pertains to the alleged attack on Prakash during a meeting at Kejriwal’s official residence on February 19, 2018 and furthermore politicians were made accused in the case. The court directed 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 – to file their replies by November 23. The court will hear the matter further.
Besides 11, the court also issued notices to AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal, against whom the court had ordered framing of charges. Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra and advocate Kumar Vaibhav, appearing for Anshu Prakash, submitted before the judge that the magistrate court in its August order erred in discharging Kejriwal and others.
Anshu Prakash also sought framing of additional charges, including 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC, against Khan and Jarwal. 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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