HC stays acquittal of Azam Khan in hate speech case
The court stayed the acquittal of the Samajwadi Party leader while accepting an appeal of the Uttar Pradesh government.
The court stayed the acquittal of the Samajwadi Party leader while accepting an appeal of the Uttar Pradesh government.
Presiding over the case, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Friday observed that Mander had not alleged Kumar of anything in the complaint he had lodged with the police.
Now, the question arises how his assembly membership, which he had lost in the wake of his conviction by a lower court, could be revived since BJP leader Akash Saxena has been elected from the constituency in bypoll.
"Before they ask to sensitise others, they've to sensitise themselves first. They're not sensitised. This is something which is spoiling the whole atmosphere" a the apex court observed referring to the controversial Haridwar Dharam Sansad.
The Allahabad High Court set aside the charge sheet and its cognizance order, observing that before filing the charge sheet, the police authorities concerned had not taken the requisite sanction from the Centre or the state government or the DM.
The notice came on a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order that had dismissed a petition seeking prosecution of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the case
