Madhepura District and Sessions Judge on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail application of Civil Aviation Minister Sharad Yadav in a criminal case against him.
Judge Harishchandra Singh rejected Yadav's bail prayer after perusing the case diary and hearing the counsels for petitioner and State.
Amrendra Kumar, a voter of Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency, had in an FIR at Madhepura police station on Oct 30, 1999 charged Yadav with engaging in scuffle and rigging poll at a polling centre at Navtolia under Madhepura.
Yadav had successfully contested the Lok Sabha poll from Madhepura against RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav in 1999.
The Madhepura District and Sessions Judge had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Sharad Yadav on March 20 this year on request of the district police in the case. Bureau Report