Court orders Akbar to stay in Adilabad jail

9 Jan, 2013 20:08 IST|Sakshi
Court orders Akbar to stay in Adilabad jail

MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi, accused of sedition and criminal conspiracy for his  hate speech, was today sent to jail for 14 days by an Adilabad court which rejected his petition for shifting him to a hospital even as police slapped additional charges against him.

42-year-old Owaisi, who was arrested last evening, spent the night at the police station in Nirmal, about 200 km from Hyderabad, and was produced at 5.30 am before the magistrate who sent him in judicial remand till January 22.
The police today moved an application before the court seeking seven days remand of Owaisi, leader of MIM legislature party in the legislative assembly and younger brother of party chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi, on which the magistrate asked the MLA to file a counter affidavit and posted the matter for tomorrow. Owaisi has been lodged at Adilabad district jail, about 80 km from Hyderabad.
Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate Ajesh Kumar rejected two petitions filed by Owaisi's counsel urging the court to shift him to Banjara Hills hospital in Hyderabad for better treatment and also for moving him from Adilabad district jail to Chanchalguda jail in the state capital. The magistrate dismissed both petitions as not maintainable and directed Adilabad jail superintendent to provide best available medical facilities to the MLA.
In its remand application, the police slapped additional charges against Owaisi under five different sections of the IPC. The additional charges include 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 124-A (sedition), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and section 505 (statements causing public mischief).

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