Ahmedabad: The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has got a big relief from the Gujarat High Court in the case of assault on social worker Megha Patkar in Sabarmati Ashram. The High Court has stayed the decision of the lower court. Now as long as he is the Lieutenant Governor, there will be no criminal case against him. However, the criminal trial against the remaining three accused in the case will continue in Ahmedabad court.
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Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena is accused of assaulting Medha Patkar in 2002 at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. In this case, Saxena had earlier filed an application in the Metropolitan Court of Ahmedabad to stay the ongoing trial against him. While hearing the application, the Metropolitan court refused to stay the trial. VK Saxena challenged the judgement of the lower court in the High Court. Now VK Saxena has got a big relief from the High Court. Justice MK Thakker decided to suspend the ongoing trial against Saxena until his plea challenging the metropolitan court’s order is pending and finally resolved.
Saxena, along with two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs and a Congress leader, is accused of assaulting Patkar at Sabarmati Ashram on April 10, 2002. The incident occurred during a meeting aimed at promoting peace after communal riots broke out in Gujarat. A first information report (FIR) was registered against Saxena and the others for unlawful assembly, assault, wrongful restraint, and criminal intimidation.
A trial is going on in the assault case and ahead of Saxena’s cross-examination, his lawyers had filed an application seeking immunity before the metropolitan court.
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