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The case, registered at Muzaffarnagar’s Sikhera police station in 2013, involved charges under sections 188 (disobedience), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 353 (assault or criminal force) of the IPC and section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act.
People arrived in tractors, cars, two-wheelers and on foot after “removing police barricades and obstructing personnel from performing duty”, according to the prosecution. Allegations also included “provocative speeches against a particular community”.
Muzaffarnagar: A special MP/MLA court in Muzaffarnagar has allowed UP govt to withdraw a 2013 criminal case registered against 22 individuals, including former Union minister Sanjeev Balyan , former BJP MLA Sangeet Som, UP minister (independent charge) Kapil Dev Agarwal, ex-minister Suresh Rana, ex-MLA Umesh Malik and former BJP MP Kunwar Bharatendu Singh and activists, that followed the deadly communal riots. 1) Dr DS Fauzdar passed the order after considering a prosecution withdrawal application filed under section 321 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), said defence lawyer Shaymveer Singh Balyan on Thursday. Special judge (MP/MLA) and additional chief judicial magistrate (court No. The court, meanwhile, observed the accused had already obtained bail and their statements had been recorded. One of the accused, ex-block chief Virendra Singh, had died during the trial proceedings, while the case of another accused, Shiv Kumar, had been separated from this one.