Assam: Court To Pass Order On Jignesh Mevani's Bail Plea Today

Barpeta: A local court in Assam's Barpeta district will pass its order over the bail plea of Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani on Friday.

The court on Thursday had reserved the order after hearing the bail plea of Mevani, who was remanded to five days of police custody in connection with an assault case.

A court in Barpeta district on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of Independent Gujarat MLA and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani, and sent him to five-day police custody, a day after he was re-arrested by the Assam police on different charges, including "outraging the modesty of a woman police officer."

The Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Barpeta remanded the Gujarat legislator to police custody after he was re-arrested on Monday, soon after the CJM's court in Kokrajhar district granted him bail, six days after he was arrested by Assam police from his home state in Gujarat in connection with an "objectionable" tweet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Meanwhile, Barpeta Congress on Thursday protested against the arrest of the Gujarat MLA.

The president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, Bhupen Bora, and the president of the Assam Mahila Congress, Mira Borthakur also took part in this protest.

''A lot of criminals were moving around freely in this society, but Mevani was arrested in a false case,'' Bora said.

Mevani's lawyer Angshuman Bora said over the phone that they would decide on Wednesday whether the bail petition would be moved to a higher court.

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