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Bharati, Katiyar challenge Rae Bareli order
Lucknow, Oct 08: BJP leaders Uma Bharati and Vinay Katiyar and VHP leaders Ashok Singhal, Acharya Giriraj Kishore, V H Dalmiya and Sadhvi Rithambhara today filed a petition in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court challenging the Rae Bareli court`s decision to frame charges against them in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
Lucknow, Oct 08: BJP leaders Uma Bharati and Vinay Katiyar and VHP leaders Ashok Singhal, Acharya Giriraj Kishore, V H Dalmiya and Sadhvi Rithambhara today filed a petition in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court challenging the Rae Bareli court's decision to frame charges against them in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
Another accused in the case HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi got a reprieve last week in a high court order which stayed the Rae Bareli court's decision to frame charges against him.
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani was discharged by the trial court in the case earlier.
Meanwhile, Mridul Rakesh, counsel of Vinay Katiyar, told reporters that the CBI had so far failed to provide any documents to show that my clients were anyway involved in demolition of the disputed site.
He said the petitioners had not delivered any speech on the fateful day and were also prevented from moving away from the scene in Ayodhya.
The counsel further said that the special court's reliance on the testimony of media persons while arriving at a conclusion was not proper.
"The lower court should have pursued and read the speech of each individual accused and should have formed its own opinion rather than accepting what is opined by a witness that leaders present on the platform made provocative speeches," he said. Bureau Report
Another accused in the case HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi got a reprieve last week in a high court order which stayed the Rae Bareli court's decision to frame charges against him.
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani was discharged by the trial court in the case earlier.
Meanwhile, Mridul Rakesh, counsel of Vinay Katiyar, told reporters that the CBI had so far failed to provide any documents to show that my clients were anyway involved in demolition of the disputed site.
He said the petitioners had not delivered any speech on the fateful day and were also prevented from moving away from the scene in Ayodhya.
The counsel further said that the special court's reliance on the testimony of media persons while arriving at a conclusion was not proper.
"The lower court should have pursued and read the speech of each individual accused and should have formed its own opinion rather than accepting what is opined by a witness that leaders present on the platform made provocative speeches," he said. Bureau Report