Thiruvananthapuram: A Kerala court on Wednesday framed charges against the general education minister V Shivankutty and some other major LDF leader in 2015 Assembly uproar case,
A lawyer associated with the case said that the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Thiruvananthapuram read out the charges to Sivankutty, Left MLA KT Jaleel and former MLAs K Ajit, CK Sadashivan and K Kunhamad.
Thereafter, the court listed the matter on September 26 for reading the charges to accused EP Jayarajan, who was not present before it, said advocate Mridul Mathew.
All the six accused are facing charges under sections 447 (criminal trespass), 427 (causing damage), 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 3(1) of the prevention of damage to public property. ) act.
Advocate Mathew represented senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, who is opposing the Left Front leaders’ efforts to get acquitted in the case.
The lawyer said once the charge is read out to LDF convener Jayarajan, witnesses in the case will be summoned.
All the accused, except Jayarajan, appeared in the magistrate’s court earlier this month after the Kerala High Court refused to stay the hearing of the case and directed them to appear in the trial court on September 14.
The high court’s order came on a criminal revision petition filed by the accused last year against the dismissal of their discharge plea by a trial court in Thiruvananthapuram.
The high court had also said that it would hear his review petition on September 26.
The accused have claimed before the High Court that the findings against them are not supported by any legal evidence, none of the then MLAs filed any complaint regarding the incident and the investigation was conducted by CB-CID DSP in a letter to the Legislative Assembly. made on the basis of Secretary.
On October 13 last year, the CJM court dismissed the discharge plea of the accused, holding that the material before it disclosed a serious suspicion that they had committed the offense and, therefore, sufficient circumstances for framing of charges against them. Huh.
On March 13, 2015, the assembly witnessed an unprecedented sight when LDF members tried to stop Finance Minister KM Mani, who is facing charges in the Bar bribery scam in the opposition, from presenting the state budget.
Besides the removal of the Speaker’s chair from the podium, electronic equipment such as computer, keyboard and mic on the desk of the presiding officer were also damaged allegedly by the then LDF members, causing a loss of Rs 2.20 lakh.
A lawyer associated with the case said that the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Thiruvananthapuram read out the charges to Sivankutty, Left MLA KT Jaleel and former MLAs K Ajit, CK Sadashivan and K Kunhamad.
Thereafter, the court listed the matter on September 26 for reading the charges to accused EP Jayarajan, who was not present before it, said advocate Mridul Mathew.
All the six accused are facing charges under sections 447 (criminal trespass), 427 (causing damage), 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 3(1) of the prevention of damage to public property. ) act.
Advocate Mathew represented senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, who is opposing the Left Front leaders’ efforts to get acquitted in the case.
The lawyer said once the charge is read out to LDF convener Jayarajan, witnesses in the case will be summoned.
All the accused, except Jayarajan, appeared in the magistrate’s court earlier this month after the Kerala High Court refused to stay the hearing of the case and directed them to appear in the trial court on September 14.
The high court’s order came on a criminal revision petition filed by the accused last year against the dismissal of their discharge plea by a trial court in Thiruvananthapuram.
The high court had also said that it would hear his review petition on September 26.
The accused have claimed before the High Court that the findings against them are not supported by any legal evidence, none of the then MLAs filed any complaint regarding the incident and the investigation was conducted by CB-CID DSP in a letter to the Legislative Assembly. made on the basis of Secretary.
On October 13 last year, the CJM court dismissed the discharge plea of the accused, holding that the material before it disclosed a serious suspicion that they had committed the offense and, therefore, sufficient circumstances for framing of charges against them. Huh.
On March 13, 2015, the assembly witnessed an unprecedented sight when LDF members tried to stop Finance Minister KM Mani, who is facing charges in the Bar bribery scam in the opposition, from presenting the state budget.
Besides the removal of the Speaker’s chair from the podium, electronic equipment such as computer, keyboard and mic on the desk of the presiding officer were also damaged allegedly by the then LDF members, causing a loss of Rs 2.20 lakh.