Hearing on a petition by defeated Congress candidate from Vikasnagar constituency, Navprabhat, the High Court of Uttarakhand has directed that the electronic voting machines used in the Vidhan Sabha election for the constituency should be presented before a judicial magistrate and sealed. At the same time, the high court has also issued notices to the Vikasnagar MlA Munna Singh Chauhan, Election Commission of India, State Election Commission and the returning officer directing them to submit their reply before the court within a period of 6 weeks. The petitioner had stated that there had been anomalies in the election process. It was stated that the EVMs which were earlier shown to have been deployed, were changed and replaced by other machines without the agreement of the contesting candidates. In order to influence the election, the help of people from outside was taken and before time the results of the poll were made viral on the social media. The petitioner had also stated that the elected candidate Munna Singh Chauhan is included in the voters list from two places and that he had concealed this fact. The names of many voters in the constituency were registered in two places.