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New Delhi: Today, Congress leader Pawan Kheda has suffered a major blow in the case of allegedly making objectionable remarks against PM Narendra Modi. The Supreme Court dismissed a plea by Congress leader Pawan Khera challenging the Allahabad High Court’s refusal to quash criminal proceedings against him.
A case was registered against Kheda for wrongly commenting on PM Modi. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta said it was not inclined to interfere with the high court order. The bench said,”Sorry, we are not inclined.”
Actually Kheda had allegedly made objectionable remarks on the name of PM Modi and his father, for which a case was registered against him. On August 17 last year, the high court had dismissed Mr Khera’s plea saying the evidence collected by the investigating officer of the case cannot be evaluated in petition filed under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for quashing the case.
Pawan Kheda had also knocked on the door of Allahabad High Court to cancel the case, but there too he got no relief. On March 20 last year, the top court had clubbed three FIRs lodged against Pawan Khera in Assam and Uttar Pradesh for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Modi and transferred the matter to the Hazratganj police station in Lucknow while extending his interim bail.
Now after the Supreme Court’s decision, Kheda will have to face the matter. Earlier, The Lucknow court had granted him bail in the case. Mr Khera has tendered an unconditional apology in the court for the alleged remarks.
