2024-03-31 12:38:00
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has given relief to Congress leader Raj Babbar, who was convicted in an old case of assault on a polling officer. The court has suspended the order of his conviction. Besides, the state government has also been ordered to file a counter affidavit. The next hearing of the case will be on May 1, 2024. This order has been passed by the bench of Justice Mohammad Faiz Alam Khan on the application filed by Raj Babbar. It was argued on behalf of Raj Babbar that on July 7, 2022, the Magistrate Court had convicted Raj Babbar and sentenced him to two years of imprisonment. Raj Babbar filed an appeal against the said order of the Magistrate Court.
The sessions court, while admitting the appeal for hearing, granted bail to Raj Babbar but refused to stay the order of conviction. It was argued that the trial court had not properly considered the statements of important witnesses in its decision. The application was opposed by the state government. After the hearing, the court said that the petitioner has been an MP five times. The Election Commission has announced the general elections. In view of these circumstances, it cannot be denied that it was necessary for the petitioner to file the present application.
The report was lodged on 2 May 1996
On May 2, 1996, polling officer Shri Krishna Singh Rana had lodged a report in Wazirganj police station against Raj Babbar and Arvind Singh Yadav and unknown people that when voters stopped coming to booth number 192 of polling station number 192/103, The plaintiff was coming out of the polling booth and was going to have food. Meanwhile, SP candidate Raj Babbar came to the polling booth with his friends and started making false allegations of fake voting. It is alleged that Raj Babbar and his associates beat up the plaintiff and Shiv Kumar Singh.
Meanwhile, apart from Manoj Kumar Srivastava, polling officer appointed at booth number 191 of the polling station, VK Shukla and policemen saved him. After registering the case, the police investigated and after finding evidence against Raj Babbar and Arvind Yadav, presented the charge sheet in the court on 23 September 1996. On July 7, 2022, Raj Babbar was convicted in this case.