An MP/MLA Court in Sultanpur, UP issued a non-bailable warrant against AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh & 5 others on Tuesday after they failed to surrender following their conviction & sentencing in an over two-decade-old case related to a road blockade protest.
The Court had on Aug 6 upheld the 45-day jail sentence to Singh, SP national spokesperson & former MLA Anoop Sanda & others & had directed them to surrender on Aug 9.
On Friday, Singh did not come to the court citing Parliament proceedings & the next hearing was fixed for Monday, August 12. However, the hearing did not take place on Monday as the special judge of the MP-MLA court was on leave.
On Tuesday, Special Magistrate of MP/MLA court Shubham Verma issued non-bailable warrants against Singh & other convicts for not appearing in the court to surrender.
Sanjay Singh’s advocate Madan Singh said, “Special magistrate Shubham Verma attended the court on Tuesday & issued a non-bailable warrant against all” those convicted in the case.
The next hearing will be held on Aug 20.
According to the prosecution, the incident occurred on June 19, 2001, when Anoop Sanda, then a leader of the Democratic Socialist Party, & Singh along with their supporters blocked the road near a flyover here during a protest over power issues.
The Special Court’s then-magistrate Yogesh Yadav had convicted all six accused, including Sanda & Singh, on Jan 11, 2023, sentencing them to 45 days in jail & imposing a fine of Rs 1,500 each.
Last week, Special Sessions Judge (MP/MLA) Ekta Verma dismissed the appeal of Singh & Sanda against their conviction & sentence.
Sanjay Singh, one of the founding members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which was floated in 2012, hails from Sultanpur district & was earlier associated with the Democratic Socialist Party.