A Bhagalpur court on Monday granted conditional bail to Arijit Shashwat, son of Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, and seven…
Arijit Shashwat (Photo: Twitter)
A Bhagalpur court on Monday granted conditional bail to Arijit Shashwat, son of Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, and seven others in connection with a case relating to recent communal clashes.
Acting District Judge Kumud Ranjan Singh granted regular bail to Arijit Shashwat and seven others, while one accused person could not get bail as he did not turn up in the court.
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While enlarging Shashwat on bail, the court put a condition that he would not participate in any kind of dharna, procession, protest and agitation for the next 30 days.
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The court passed the order on a bail petition filed by Arijit Shashwat and others.
Arijit Shashwat was arrested by Patna police from near the Hanuman temple in the intervening night of March 31-April-1 after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected on March 31.
Following his arrest, Shashwat was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a local court. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) court had issued arrest warrant against him on March 24.
Shashwat was named in one of the two FIRs lodged in the aftermath of the communal riots which took place on March 17, on the occasion of New Year as per the Hindu calendar.
Violence had erupted in Nathnagar area of the district, when people belonging to a minority community took exception to the loud music played at a procession.
Several persons, including two police personnel, were injured in the clashes that witnessed heavy stone-pelting, arson and exchange of fire.
Shashwat had unsuccessfully contested the 2015 Assembly polls from Bhagalpur as the BJP candidate. His father, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, is the Union Minister of State for Health and an MP from Buxar.
(With agency inputs)
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