BJP leader Giriraj Singh’s anticipatory bail plea was rejected by Bokaro district court on Monday.
Giriraj’s brother, Jairaj Singh along with Advocate PC Tripathi, lP Singh and TN Thakur were present in the court. The Additional District and Session Judge-I (ADJ-I) Bipin Bihari rejected the bail plea after hearing the case.
“Now, there are only two ways, either Singh has to go to High Court for anticipatory bail or he has to surrender,” said Advocate lP Singh.
On 25 April Singh applied for anticipatory bail against non-bailable arrest warrant which was issued by the court for passing inflammatory remarks during his election campaign.
The Sub-divisional judicial magistrate of Bokaro court Amit Sekhar on April 22 issued an arrest warrant. Three FIRs were filed against him at Deogarh, Bokaro and Patna for his hate speeches.
At Bokaro an FIR was lodged at Harla police station Sector-9, under IPC sections 153 A that is promoting enmity between classes, section 295 A – Malicious insulting of religious beliefs, Section 298 and section 125 PR Act (People’s Representation Act) after the order of Uma Shankar Singh Deputy Commissioner Bokaro, said Ranjit Giri Advocate Bokaro Court.
“Offense under IPC section 153 A and 295 A are non-bailable; the punishment is minimum three years imprisonments or fine or both”, said lP Singh Advocate Bokaro court.
Singh is also facing the same charges at Deoghar too. Deoghar SDM Jay Jyoti Samanta, also filed an FIR on April 20 against Singh under the several IPC sections and the RP Act for the same.
Meanwhile, the Patna court granted him anticipatory bail for his hate speeches on
April 25.