NEW DELHI: The Patiala House court on Saturday dismissed
AAP MLAs' plea to restrain the police from sharing information with the media. The court will consider the
chargesheet on September 18.
Earlier on Saturday, counself for the
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had told the court that
Delhi Police was trying to make the case a media trial.
"This is not a simple matter. Chief secretary is complainant and chief minister is the accused. Delhi police is trying to make this a media trial," he said.
The AAP MLAs had moved the Patiala House court on August 14 seeking to restrain the Delhi Police from sharing contents or details of the chargesheet filed in the alleged assault case of Delhi chief secretary
Anshu Prakash with the media.
AAP's Delhi unit spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj had accused Additional DCP (North Delhi) Harender Kumar of behaving as a "spokesperson of BJP" and violating the law.
Taking cognizance of the matter, the court had issued a notice to the Delhi Police.
On August 13, the Delhi Police named chief minister
Arvind Kejriwal, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, and 11 MLAs of the AAP in the chargesheet filed in the matter.
Prakash was allegedly assaulted during a meeting at Kejriwal's official residence on the night of February 19.
Prakash had alleged that he was thrashed by Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal at Kejriwal's residence, where he had been called to discuss Aadhaar-related problems.
The police said the chief minister was present when the alleged assault took place.
