Sultanpur Court Orders Arrest of AAP MP Sanjay Singh in 23 Y-O Case

An MP/MLA court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, has taken strong objection to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh’s absence in a two-decade-old case and has ordered the police to arrest and produce him in court on August 28, 2024.

Earlier, on August 13, a non-bailable warrant was issued against Sanjay Singh, SP leader Anoop Sanda, and four others, in the case. However, the accused did not appear before the court.

“The court has directed the police to arrest all the accused and produce them before the court by August 28,” a court officer stated. Madan Singh, representing the six accused, mentioned that a bail petition for Singh and Sanda has been filed in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, with a hearing set for August 22.

The case dates back to June 19, 2001, when a demonstration was held near an overbridge close to the city’s Sabzi Mandi area under the leadership of former SP MLA Anoop Sanda, protesting against poor power supply. Sanjay Singh, along with former councillors Kamal Srivastava, Vijay Kumar, Santosh, and Subhash Chaudhary, participated in the protest.

A case was subsequently registered against all of them at the Kotwali Nagar Police Station. The six were convicted by Special Magistrate Yogesh Yadav on January 11, 2023, and sentenced to three months imprisonment.

On August 9, the six were ordered to appear before the MP/MLA court. When they failed to do so, Special Magistrate Shubham Verma issued non-bailable warrants against all of them.