The case pertains to damaging public property and causing injuries to police personnel during an agitation in 2015
A special MP-MLA court here on Saturday reserved its order on an application by the Uttar Pradesh government seeking withdrawal of criminal proceedings involving BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi and 17 Congress leaders.
The judge, PK Rai, heard arguments of the prosecution and the defence side and set February 20 for delivering its order.
The case pertains to damaging public property and causing injuries to police personnel during an agitation in 2015. A sub inspector, Pyarelal Prajapti, had lodged FIR at the Hazratganj police station here on August 17, 2015.
The Congress leaders named in the FIR include Raj Babbar, Pradeep Jain, Aditya, Ajai Rai, Nirmal Khatri, Rajesh Pati Tripathi and Madhusudan Mistri. Ms Bahuguna Joshi was also a member of the Congress at that time. She joined the BJP in 2016.
According to the FIR, the Congress leaders were agitating at the Laxman Mela…