{"id":43031,"date":"2016-05-18T17:55:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T12:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=43031"},"modified":"2016-05-19T04:15:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T22:45:29","slug":"hearing-sedition-case-hardik-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hearing-sedition-case-hardik-begin","title":{"rendered":"Hearing in sedition case against Hardik to begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42063\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Hardiks.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hardiks-bail-plea-hc-issues-notice-gujarat-govt\/hardiks\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Hardiks.jpg?fit=759%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"759,422\" 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 Patel\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Hardik Patel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Hardik Patel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Hardiks.jpg?fit=640%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-42063 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Hardiks.jpg?resize=300%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hearing in sedition case against Hardik to begin\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Hardiks.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Hardiks.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hearing in sedition case against Hardik to begin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The hearing in the sedition case against quota agitation leader Hardik Patel is all set to begin soon in a sessions court here after he engaged a lawyer today.<\/p>\n<p>A charge sheet was filed against Hardik in January.<\/p>\n<p>Hardik, who is currently lodged in Surat in two different sedition cases filed against him by Ahmedabad and Surat police, was today produced before Sessions Judge S H Oza here where he informed that he has engaged Rafik Lokhandwala as his lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, his lawyer Lokhandwala filed his &#8216;vakalatnama&#8217;. The court will wait for three other accused in the case&#8211;Chirag Patel, Ketan Patel andDinesh Patel&#8211;to engage their lawyer before strating the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The court has fixed May 31 as the next date for hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Hardik is currently lodged in Surat&#8217;s Lajpore jail after his bail plea in local courts in Surat and Ahmedabad were dismissed and the matter is currently being heard in High Court.<\/p>\n<p>His three aides&#8211;Chirag, Dinesh and Ketan&#8211; were granted bail by the High Court after they gave a written undertaking stating they will not indulge in any activity that may case law and order problem.<\/p>\n<p>All four were arrested in October last year and are facing similar charges under sedition and criminal conspiracy that were filed by Ahmedabad Crime Branch police.<\/p>\n<p>Hardik and three others have been charged with IPC sections 124(A) (sedition), 121 (A) (conspiracy to wage war against government) and 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy).<\/p>\n<p>They are accused of inciting violence to mount pressure on the government for accepting the demand of reservations for the Patel community.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hearing in the sedition case against quota agitation leader Hardik Patel is all set to begin soon in a sessions court here after he engaged a lawyer today. 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