Mumbai Court Grants Interim Protection To AAP Leader In SC/ST Act Case
NDTV
Ms Menon, in her plea in the HC, has denied all the charges and claimed the FIR was lodged under the influence of rival political parties.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from any coercive action to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Executive member and its Mumbai unit president Preeti Sharma Menon and another party worker in connection with a case filed against them under the stringent SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
A division bench of Justices S B Shukre and Miling Sathaye also stayed investigation into the case for four weeks.
The bench was hearing a petition filed by Ms Menon and her party colleague Manu Pillai seeking to quash the FIR (first information report) registered against them.
The FIR was lodged on March 16, 2023, at the the Andheri police station in suburban Mumbai on a complaint of AAP member Sanjay Kamble.
