Man who threw ink at Manish Sisodia granted bail
Brijesh Shukla was arrested for allegedly thrown ink at Sisodia, saying he was angry with the deputy CM's Finland tour.
New Delhi: A Delhi court granted bail to a man who had allegedly thrown ink at deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia outside the lieutenant-governor’s office four days ago.
Metropolitan magistrate Ambika Singh enlarged 42-year-old Brijesh Shukla on bail on furnishing of a personal bond of Rs 15,000 and a surety of like amount.
Regarding the accused’s previous involvement in other cases, advocate Rajesh Kumar, who was representing Shukla, told the court that there were two other criminal matters against his client, of which one has been quashed by the Delhi high court and the other was a cross-FIR.
Shukla, a resident of Karawal Nagar in Northeast Delhi, was arrested on September 19 and was in judicial custody.
He was arrested for allegedly thrown ink at Sisodia, saying he was angry with the deputy CM’s Finland tour at a time when the city was grappling with a health crisis.
He was booked under Sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the IPC. Shukla has also filed a complaint in court against Arvind Kejriwal and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi.
(This story originally appeared in the Asian Age)