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TOI : PUNE: A magistrate court here has rejected the bail applications of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator Ravindra Dhangekar and 11 others for allegedly ransacking the Income Tax office at Sadhu Vaswani chowk on July 14.

The MNS activists had prevented candidates from appearing for an examination for the post of a peon at the I-T office and had obstructed the government officials from performing their duties, besides damaging public property. The activists filed bail applications after they were remanded to magisterial custody.

Opposing the bail pleas, the assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the MNS activists had allegedly conspired the attack on the I-T office as they were armed with sticks.

Mahatekar submitted that the activists had created law and order problems in the city by attacking educational institutes as they were giving admission to candidates from north Indian.

She argued that the activists had prevented the candidates from exercising their constitutional right, that is, appearing for an exam.
Mahatekar also contended that the activists had not extended any co-operation during investigations and said that they may again create problems after bail.

The prosecutor informed the court that the police have invoked section 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code against the activists for criminal conspiracy by planning an attack on the I-T office and prayed to reject the bail applications.
However, defence lawyers appealed to the court to release the accused on bail.JMFC first class S.J. Ansari rejected the bail applications. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More