A Delhi court on Wednesday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against social activist Medha Patkar for not submitting probation bonds in a 24-year-old defamation case filed against him by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court had rejected the petition to stay for two weeks on the execution of probation bonds related to the case and asked them to go to the trial court.
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Non-bailable warrant issued against Medha Patkar
A court in the national capital on Wednesday issued a non-bailable warrant against ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’ (NBA) leader Medha Patkar. The court had asked him to deposit probation bonds and a fine of Rs 1 lakh in the defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. Saxena filed the case 23 years ago at that time; When he was the head of a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Gujarat. Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Singh convicted the 70-year-old Patkar in a defamation case. On April 8, the court released him on the probation of good conduct, but had also imposed a fine of one lakh rupees on him.
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Delhi court ordered
The matter was listed in court on Wednesday to present Patkar’s presence, probation bonds and to deposit the fine amount. Saxena’s lawyer Gajinder Kumar said that Patkar neither appeared nor followed the court’s instructions. He said, “In today’s case, NBW (non -bailable warrant) has been issued against Patkar through the Delhi Police Commissioner, and the court has found that the plea requesting the convict to stay adjournted is mischievous and petty.” The lawyer said, “If the convict does not follow the order till the next date (May 3), the court will consider the change in the sentence of April 8.”
Waiting for detailed order. Saxena had filed a case against Patkar for his defamatory press release on 24 November 2000 as the chairman of the National Council of Civil Liberties. On May 24 last year, the magistrate court said that Patkar in his statement called Saxena a ‘coward’ and accused him of his involvement in hawala transactions, who were not only defamable, but were coined to incite negative perception about him.