Allahabad, Mar 17: The Allahabad High Court has asked the Kanpur special POTA judge to comment on a plea filed by independent MLA from Kunda in Uttar Pradesh Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya, his father Udai Pratap Singh and others seeking transfer of cases against them from Kanpur POTA court to any other POTA court. The Court will hear the case on March 25. Justice Sunil Ambawani yesterday asked judge Shailendra Saxena to give his comments before March 24. A division bench of the Allahabad High Court had granted bail to MLC Akshay Pratap Singh and made certain remarks about the Kanpur POTA judge as well the state government.
The POTA court later had refused to hear POTA cases and sent a report to the High Court. The applicants then filed a plea seeking transfer of POTA cases to any other POTA court. Additional Advocate General Ravindra Singh is appearing on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh government.
Bureau Report