Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has fixed January 6, 2021 for the final hearing of a case filed by senior BJP leader Uma Bharti, challenging criminal proceedings initiated against her in the year 2012 at Mahoba district for obstructing a public servant from performing his duties.
Earlier, on October, 17, the high court had vacated the stay order granted earlier on the said criminal proceedings and had directed the trial court of Mahoba district to proceed with the trial in accordance with law.
The allegations against Uma Bharti was that in the year 2012, she and her supporters, during a political event at Charkhari of Mahoba district, forcefully stopped a public servant from discharging his duty and also violated the prohibitory orders promulgated at that point of time.
Hearing a petition filed by Uma Bharti and six others, Justice Suneet Kumar directed to list this case on January 6, 2021, saying that no further adjournment would be granted in the matter.
In the petition, it was stated that Uma Bharti and her supporters were falsely implicated in the case due to political rivalry, as she was a candidate for the legislative assembly of the Uttar Pradesh state elections of 2012.
To recall, in 2012 an FIR was registered against Uma Bharati and her supporters at police station Charkhari of Mahoba district. Later, chargesheet was submitted against her and the court took its cognizance. At present, the trial in the case is pending before the district court at Mahoba.