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MP HC grants anticipatory bail to Baraiyya
Gwalior, Nov 04: Madhya Pradesh High Court today granted anticipatory bail to expelled bsp leader and president of Samata Samaj Party Phool Singh Baraiyya, who is virtually underground since charges of theft of poll-related documents were levelled against him by the BSP.
Gwalior, Nov 04: Madhya Pradesh High Court today
granted anticipatory bail to expelled bsp leader and president
of Samata Samaj Party Phool Singh Baraiyya, who is virtually
underground since charges of theft of poll-related documents
were levelled against him by the BSP.
Granting him bail, Justice Umanath Singh of High Court
bench here observed that prima facie no case was made out
against Baraiyya in the absence of direct evidence regarding
alleged theft of election-related documents from BSP office.
The court took note of the argument put forward by
Baraiyya's counsel that BSP supremo Mayawati herself was
reportedly distributing authority letters to party candidates
and hence complaints of theft of these papers against the
expelled leader had no meaning.
Last week, additional district judge A C Shukla had
rejected the bail application of Baraiyya saying it may be
difficult to recover the' B Forms', alleged to have been
stolen from BSP office here.
Bureau Report