MAPUSA
A Mapusa court on Saturday passed an interim order directing Mapusa Police to investigate into the allegations of bribery charges levelled against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the 2017 assembly poll violation case.
However, the interim order clearly suggests that filing of an FIR in the alleged poll violation case against the Delhi CM will now have to wait.
The next hearing in the case has been fixed on June 26.
In the interim order the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) directed the Mapusa Police in-charge to conduct the investigation under section 202 of the CrPC and submit a report based on the complaint and documents submitted before the court.
Reading the interim order in the open court, JMFC Judge, Shantashri Sinai Kudchadkar said that the officer in-charge of Mapusa police station will conduct investigation in the allegations levelled against the Delhi chief minister.
“Police officer conducting investigation should strictly adhere to the observations in this order and follow the guidelines of the honourable Supreme Court and honourable High Court,” the judge said.
Assistant Public Prosecutor, Sukesh Talavnekar was present in the court.
The interim order clearly suggests that filing of an FIR in the alleged poll violation case against the Delhi CM will now have to wait.
It may be recalled the court was hearing the matter on whether an FIR can be filed in the alleged poll violation case against the Delhi CM.
The more-than-a-year-old case was registered as a non-cognisable offence at the Mapusa police station following a complaint by the then Returning Officer against Kejriwal for his bribery comments made at an election campaign rally in Goa during the 2017 Assembly polls.
Kejriwal in his election campaign speech had exhorted the Goa voters to accept money offered by other political parties but vote only for AAP.
After nearly a year the state election officials approached the Mapusa court in December 2017 to issue directions to police to register the offence as FIR under sections 171 B (inducement) and 171 E (bribery) of the IPC.
