HC reserves order on Vishwas’ plea against Punjab Police FIR

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea from poet and former Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas seeking stay on criminal proceedings in an FIR registered by the Punjab Police on April 12.

The matter was listed for hearing before the bench of justice Anoop Chitkara, which after hearing the parties ordered listing of the matter on Monday for its interim order on this plea.

The former AAP leader was booked in Rupnagar for allegedly making provocative statements against party chief Arvind Kejriwal ahead of the Punjab elections.

Meanwhile, a coordinate bench deferred to July the hearing on a plea of Priti Veekesh Gandhi, a BJP leader from Maharashtra, and further recorded that interim protection given to her would continue till then. She was booked on March 17 on the basis of a Twitter post shared by her.

In the third case pertaining to an FIR registered against Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, the court has deferred hearing to May 5. Bagga is in court seeking quashing of the FIR registered in Mohali on April 1 on allegations of giving statements promoting enmity between different groups and criminal intimidation.

undemocratic use of power by AAP,” said Bajwa in his address to workers.

Warring said Congress will not let the police unleash vendetta on Congress workers. He alleged that Mann was working under the direction of the Delhi leadership.

Warring said the police had no answer about the reason behind the registration of the criminal case against Lamba.

“Delhi is running the show, not the MLAS who were elected by the people of Punjab,” he said.