Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Dinesh Aggarwal got bail from the district court on Wednesday in response to the summons the court had issued in connection with a case of violation of Model Code of Conduct during the Vidhan Sabha election in 2007. Aggarwal was granted bail.
Sources said that in the violation of the Model Code of Conduct during Vidhan Sabha election in 2007, a case under Section 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against him in the Clement Town police station. The court had issued several summons, but he was not responding. In another matter of violation of the Model Code of Conduct during the Vidhan Sabha election in 2007, a case under Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2007 was also registered against him.
While interacting with the media persons after coming out of the court, Aggarwal said that the court had issued a bailable warrant against him and he was granted bail after he appeared in the court.