Congress MLA gets relief from HC

Jaipur: A single bench of Rajasthan High Court Thursday granted relief to Congress MLA Indira Meena and asked police to not take any coercive action in the FIR of attempt to murder lodged against her at Bonlli police station in Sawai Madhopur district.

Meena is MLA from Bamanwas constituency in Sawai Madhopur district. The FIR against her was filed by BJP functionary Hanumat Dixit, alleging attempt to murder under Section 109(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

Meena approached the High Court to quash the FIR against her, saying it was "politically motivated". Kritesh Oswal appeared on behalf of the petitioner and argued in court that the dispute originated just before Ambedkar Jayanti this year, on April 13, when, as per Dixit, Meena allegedly assaulted him and damaged his vehicles. "We, too, have filed an FIR against Dixit for insulting Dr B R Ambedkar by vandalising the tiles affixed on his statue. During then, her vehicle was blocked and people at the spot also misbehaved with her," Oswal told the court.

The FIR lodged on April 15 mentions assault and vandalism of the car, but the complainant did not get any medical examionation done of himself, Oswal said, adding that the allegations were baseless.

"We have also presented photo-video of the incident in court," he added.