AAP MlA Akhilesh Tripathi was on Friday granted bail by a Delhi court a day after he was arrested and sent to judicial custody for repeatedly defying direction for appearance in a 2013 case of rioting and criminal intimidation.
Metropolitan Magistrate Kapil Kumar released Tripathi on furnishing a personal bond of Rs10,000.
Tripathi, an MlA from Model Town constituency, had moved the bail application last evening. The court had on Thursday said Tripathi misused the liberty of bail and had no respect for court orders. It directed that he be taken into custody so that his appearance could be secured and the case be tried expeditiously as per the Supreme Court’s directions as it relates to a sitting MlA.
The court had on November 23 issued non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Tripathi - the fifth lawmaker of the ruling party to be arrested, for his non-appearance.
It had said that the record revealed that the MlA misused the liberty given to him by virtue of bail several times and earlier also NBWs were issued against him on October 9. It also noted that the legislator had moved several exemption applications, including when he wanted to go to Bihar to attend oath ceremony of Chief Minister, which were allowed.
The court warned him not to repeat such behaviour in future and attend the proceedings on every date fixed. In 2013, an FIR was registered against Tripathi, Rahul Kumar, Vikas Mandal, Inder Vikram Singh and Kanhaiya Kumar Jha for alleged offences.