Shimla, Mar 13
Two days after registration of an FIR against independent Hamirpur MLA Ashish Sharma and former bureaucrat Rakesh Sharma in an alleged matter of election offense and graftication of six Congress MLAs in Rajya sabha cross voting, the Himachal Pradesh high court has granted anticipatory bail to both.
After the preliminary hearing of the anticipatory bail application filed by Rakesh Sharma and Ashish Sharma, single bench of justice Ranjan Sharma granted interim anticipatory bail to the father of Gagret MLA Chaitanya Sharma and independent MLA from Hamirpur Ashish Sharma.
In a order passed by the High court, ordered both the applicants to register their presence before the Boilueganj police station on March 15 and cooperate in the investigation.
Earlier on Tuesday both the applicants moved High court seeking bail in an election offense registered against them under section 420, 171 A & C , 120 b of Indian penal code and section 7 & 8 of prevention of corruption act on the complaint of two Congress MLAs Sanjay Awasthi and Bhuvneswar Gaur.
The complainants have also demanded an investigation into the bank accounts of Hamirpur independent MLA Ashish Sharma and the father of disqualified MLA Chetanya Sharma.
Now the court likely to hear poth the applicant for confirmation of bail application on March 16.
In the FIR, the father of Congress rebel and Gagret MLA Chaitanya Sharma Rakesh Sharma who is Former bureaucrat and remained chief secretary of Uttrakhand and independent MLA from Hamirpur Ashish Sharma were booked in police station West Shimla on March 10.
The Father of rebel Congress MLA and the independent MLA have been accused of influencing the Rajya Sabha elections in an unfair manner. The complainants have accused both of them of buying and selling of votes, bribery and money transactions. The complaint states that the accused conspired to topple the government.
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