{"id":18193,"date":"2012-03-18T11:25:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T05:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=18193"},"modified":"2012-03-18T11:25:13","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T05:55:13","slug":"court-seeks-police-reply-on-plea-against-kejriwal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-seeks-police-reply-on-plea-against-kejriwal","title":{"rendered":"Court seeks police reply on plea against Kejriwal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/court-seeks-police-reply-on-plea-against-kejriwal\/team-anna-member-arvind-kejriwal\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18194\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18194\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-seeks-police-reply-on-plea-against-kejriwal\/team-anna-member-arvind-kejriwal\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/Team-Anna-member-Arvind-Kejriwal.png?fit=306%2C165&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"306,165\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/Team-Anna-member-Arvind-Kejriwal.png?fit=150%2C80&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/Team-Anna-member-Arvind-Kejriwal.png?fit=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Team-Anna-member-Arvind-Kejriwal.png?resize=306%2C165&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/Team-Anna-member-Arvind-Kejriwal.png?w=306&amp;ssl=1 306w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/Team-Anna-member-Arvind-Kejriwal.png?resize=150%2C80&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/Team-Anna-member-Arvind-Kejriwal.png?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a>A Delhi court on Saturday directed the police to file a reply on a complaint against Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly lowering the reputation of parliament and committing an offence of sedition.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Magistrate Purshotam Pathak asked police to file a report by April 11 on a petition moved by NGO member Vibhor Anand, seeking sanction to prosecute Kejriwal.<\/p>\n<p>Anand, whose NGO based in West Patel Nagar in central Delhi provides legal aid to people, alleged that Kejriwal made an objectionable speech at a rally in Ghaziabad Feb 26 with malafide intention to lower the reputation of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The accused &#8220;uttered objectionable words intentionally and with mala fide intention with the sole motive to lower the credibility and reputation of the elected representatives in parliament&#8221;, said Anand in his application.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged Kejriwal&#8217;s statement was intended to create feelings of hostility, hatred and contempt towards MPs.<\/p>\n<p>Anand in his application alleged that Kejriwal committed penal offences of sedition and criminal intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court on Saturday directed the police to file a reply on a complaint against Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly lowering the reputation of parliament and committing an offence of sedition. 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