RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Feb 24: The Jharkhand High Court reserved its judgment in the matter involving registration of zero FIR against Congress legislators Rajesh Kacchap, Irfan Ansari and Naman Vixel Kongari in Jharkhand capital for accepting cash to topple the Hemant Soren government.
Congress legislator Anup Singh had registered the FIR in the presence of Congress state president Rajesh Thakur at the Argora police station on July 31, 2022. The FIR was registered a day after Rs 48 lakh cash was recovered from the possession of the above-mentioned MLAs in Panchla in West Bengal. The MLAs had to face trouble due to the FIR.
The matter reached before the high court in October last year after MLA Kachhap filed a writ petition for quashing of the FIR. A senior advocate Ranjit Kumar appearing on behalf of MLA Kachhap raised the issue of jurisdiction and raised doubt on the intention of Singh. He also pointed out that an FIR for toppling governing is already registered at the Kotwali police station in Ranchi and in the course of investigation of the same FIR matter can be probed. The advocate also pointed out the West Bengal Police as not the central probe agency and thus not entitled to probe the matter of toppling the Jharkhand government.
The advocates involved in the matter include A. K. Sinha, who is appearing for the State of West Bengal, Sachin Kumar, who is appearing on behalf of Jharkhand State, Vinod Kumar Sahu, appearing on behalf of the state government, besides several others the learned Senior Panel Counsel for the Union of India.
