Via PTI
MUMBAI: A unique courtroom right here on Monday issued a understand to unbiased MP Navneet Rana and her MLA-husband Ravi Rana, accused in a sedition case following a row over recitation of Hanuman Chalisa, and requested them to seem prior to it on Would possibly 18, pursuant to an utility filed by means of the Mumbai police urging for his or her bail to be cancelled.
The police sought that the couple’s bail be cancelled at the flooring that that they had allegedly violated one of the crucial stipulations imposed by means of the particular courtroom whilst granting them bail final week.
Particular Pass judgement on R N Rokade on Monday in brief heard particular public prosecutor Pradip Gharat after which issued a understand and directed the Rana couple to seem prior to it on Would possibly 18.
“Factor understand to the respondents (Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana) to seem prior to this courtroom on Would possibly 18,” the courtroom mentioned.
Navneet Rana, the Lok Sabha member from Amravati in Maharashtra, and her husband Ravi Rana, the MLA from Badnera in Amravati, have been arrested by means of the Mumbai police on April 23 when they introduced that they’d recite the Hanuman Chalisa outdoor Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s non-public place of dwelling ‘Matoshree’ in Bandra house right here.
They have been booked on fees of sedition and prompting enmity between other teams.
The particular courtroom had on Would possibly 4 granted bail to the couple and imposed some stipulations on them, together with to not take pleasure in a equivalent offence and to not discuss to the media.
On Monday, the suburban Khar police filed an utility via Pradip Gharat, in search of that the courtroom cancel the couple’s bail as that they had allegedly violated the situation of now not talking to the media.
“The accused individuals (Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana) have given interviews to media since their unencumber and therefore, flouted the situation imposed by means of the particular courtroom whilst granting them bail.
We’re in search of for the bail to be cancelled and a warrant to be issued to the accused and so they be taken in custody forthwith,” Gharat mentioned.
He additional advised the courtroom that the couple has now long past to Delhi.
Within the utility, the police famous that the courtroom, whilst granting bail to the accused, mentioned if any of the stipulations imposed by means of it used to be violated, then it will quantity to cancellation in their bail.
The accused individuals, right away after popping out of prison, began giving media bytes, pronouncing they’re prepared to stay in prison for 14 years if studying of the Hanuman Chalisa is an offence, and made a number of feedback on CM Uddhav Thackeray, the police discussed of their utility.