Rail Bhavan dharna: Police asked to give documents to Kejriwal

New Delhi, Delhi Police was today directed by a court here to supply all the documents filed along with the charge sheet to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five others, who are accused in a case of agitation by AAP near North Block here in January this year.

Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain asked the investigating officer of the case to give the complete set of documents annexed with the charge sheet to the six accused and fixed the matter for further proceedings on February 7, 2015.

The court’s order came after advocate Neha Rastogi, who appeared for Kejriwal and other accused, told the magistrate that they have not received all the documents yet.

During the hearing, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh, who has been named as accused in the charge sheet, appeared in the court in pursuance to the summons issued against him.

Kejriwal and AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Rakhi Birla, Somnath Bharti and Ashutosh, who were earlier granted bail, also appeared in the court.

The six accused were chargesheeted by the Delhi Police for allegedly violating prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC and also obstructing public servants in discharge of their official duty.

The police had chargesheeted them under various sections of the IPC, including 145 (joining and continuing in an unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of his public function), 353 (assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty).

Kejriwal and other leaders had staged ‘dharna’ outside Rail Bhavan demanding action against police officials who had refused to carry out a raid on an alleged drug and prostitution racket in South Delhi in January this year.

In its charge sheet, the police had claimed that on January 19, the Assistant Commissioner of Police had imposed prohibitory orders in North Block, South Block, Vijay Chowk areas near Rail Bhawan and Parliament Street.

On January 20, the then CM Kejriwal and other AAP leaders assembled at the Rail Bhawan chowk defying the prohibitory orders, it had said.