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Bailable warrant against Raja Bhaiyya

Petition challenges his acquittal by a special POTA court

Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday issued bailable warrants against Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya and his cousin and MP Akshay Pratap Singh on a petition challenging their acquittal by a special POTA court in a case related to keeping banned weapons in their possession.

Admitting an appeal by Awadhesh Shukla, also a witness in the case, for consideration, a division bench comprising Justice Shravan Shankar Jha and Justice Sushma Srivastava issued bailable warrants of Rs 20,000 each and ordered the two to appear before the court. Petitioner's counsel Surendra Singh told the court that the then Uttar Pradesh Government headed by Ms Mayawati had slapped POTA cases against Raja Bhaiyya, his cousin and his father Uday Pratap Singh after police seized A K 47 rifle and other weapons during a raid at their residence at Kunda on January 23, 2003.

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