{"id":39572,"date":"2015-10-23T21:44:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T21:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39572"},"modified":"2015-10-23T21:44:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T21:44:31","slug":"hardiks-aides-approach-hc-against-sedition-fir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hardiks-aides-approach-hc-against-sedition-fir","title":{"rendered":"Hardik&#8217;s aides approach HC against sedition FIR"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39232\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/hardik.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/media-not-allowed-in-hc-during-hearing-of-hardiks-petition\/hardik\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/hardik.png?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hardik\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/hardik.png?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/hardik.png?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-39232 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/hardik.png?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hardik's aides approach HC against sedition FIR\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hardik&#8217;s aides approach HC against sedition FIR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three close aides of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today moved the Gujarat High Court seeking to quash the charges of sedition and &#8220;waging war against the government&#8221; invoked against them by the city crime branch.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling on Hardik&#8217;s own petition against another FIR, filed by Surat police, which also includes the grave charge of sedition, is likely to be pronounced on October 27.<\/p>\n<p>Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) members Chirag Patel, Ketan Patel and Dinesh Patel filed the petitions through advocate B M Mangukiya. Justice J B Pardiwalais likely to hear them on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners were arrested outside the high court on October 21, when they had come to the court in connection with a habeas corpus petition alleging that Hardik Patel had been abducted by some people who looked like policemen last month.<\/p>\n<p>The three were produced before a metropolitan court which sent them to the custody of the crime branch for a week.<\/p>\n<p>The FIR names six persons: Hardik Patel, Ketan Patel, Chirag Patel, Dinesh Patel, Alpesh Kathiria and Amrish Patel.<\/p>\n<p>They are charged under IPC sections 121 (waging war against the government), 124 (sedition &#8211; bringing hatred, contempt or disaffection towards the government), 153-A (promoting enmity between different communities) and 153-B (assertions prejudicial to the national integrity).<\/p>\n<p>The FIR, lodged by ACP K N Patel, claims that Hardik and his aides instigated the community to adopt violent means to &#8220;wage war&#8221; against the Gujarat government, and relies on transcripts of telephonic conversations and speeches of PAAS members, allegedly instigating violence, on August 25-26 and later.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three close aides of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today moved the Gujarat High Court seeking to quash the charges of sedition and &#8220;waging war against the government&#8221; invoked against them by the city crime branch. 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