A local court here on Wednesday rejected an application filed by Sanwar Mal Chaudhary, seeking the cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma in a 13-year-old case related to Gopalganj riots.
A magistrate court in Mumbai also suspended the sentence of the firebrand Shiv Sena leader to allow him to file an appeal.
There is a huge expectation in the party that Balaji will regain his berth in the Stalin ministry and party legal eagles as well as senior leaders made it clear that there is no bar on his becoming a minister now.
The Supreme Court had granted him bail on September 17, instructing the Sessions Court to fix the terms and conditions of his release.
Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Saturday accused the BJP of spreading lies on the bail conditions of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and categorically said the Supreme Court (SC) has not imposed any restriction on Kejriwal.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Friday said former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was granted bail by the Supreme Court and not acquitted of his alleged crimes.
Shreshtha's father, Aabhas Satpathi, an AGM at SBI, expressed anguish over the lenient treatment of the accused. "This is a travesty of justice. My daughter is gone forever, and the person responsible for her death was released within half an hour," he said.
The high court had dismissed Bibhav Kumar’s bail plea, stating that no ground to grant him the relief was made out as he enjoys “considerable influence” and it cannot be ruled out that the witnesses may be influenced or evidence tampered if he is released on bail.
The Delhi minister has joined 'Jail and Bail' group of AAP leaders, said BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor on the case.
Granting bail to Ashish Misra – son of former Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra – a bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan also granted bail to farmers in the case and directed the trial court to expedite the hearing.
