Court grills man on anti-Anna plea
Hearing a plea for lodging a criminal case against Anna Hazare and his associates for allegedly instigating people against the government during their anti-graft campaign, a city court on Saturday sought to know from the complainant as to what offence was committed by them.
Unimpressed by Haryana native Satbir Singh’s plea for registration of a FIR against Anna Hazare, metropolitan magistrate Tyagita Singh asked him to first explain as to what criminal offence had been committed by them.
Agreeing with the Delhi police argument that the complainant had no case whatsoever, the court remarked, “No personal vendetta is required for bringing criminal law into force.”
On complainant Singh’s repeated accusation that Hazare’s provocative speeches led youth to participate in his hungerstrike at Ramlila Maidan and resulted in the death of a young protester, the court said the supporters had come to join the campaign on their own.
Singh had alleged in his complaint that 21-year-old Sandeep had participated in Anna Hazare’s hungerstrike and had died of pneumonia, holding Team Anna responsible for his death. The complainant also accused Anna Hazare of instigating people across the country to lay siege to the houses of Members of Parliament and ministers to press their demand for Jan Lokpal Bill. The police, in its reply filed earlier before the court, had said that no case is made out against social activist Anna Hazare and his team.
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