UP Congress president acquitted in 1996 case

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UP Congress president acquitted in 1996 case

January 21, 2024
Updated: 09:18 am

UP Congress president acquitted in 1996 case

Varanasi, Jan 21 : The upper civil judge (senior division) MP/MLA magistrate court has acquitted UP Congress Committee president Ajay Rai in a 1996 case involving the violation of prohibitory orders during a large procession. Rai's advocate, Anuj Yadav, said that the prosecution failed to prove the charges against Rai, leading to his acquittal by upper civil judge (senior division)/MPMLA magistrate Ujjwal Upadhyaya on Saturday. Yadav said then city magistrate filed a case under section 188 of IPC against Rai and his supporters, alleging that on September 11, 1996, Rai, accompanied by over 400 supporters in 200-250 vehicles, obstructed Jaunpur-Varanasi highway and the Shivpur bypass-Kutchehri road. /IANS

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