Judge Recuses From Hearing MP Prince Raj Paswan's Anticipatory Bail Plea In Rape Case
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Counsel for Prince Raj, Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa and Advocate Nitesh Rana earlier, submitted that this is the case of "honey trap and extortion".
Special Judge MK Nagpalon of Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court today recused himself from further hearing the anticipatory bail plea of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Prince Raj Paswan in an alleged rape case.
The court staff said that the judge concerned has sent back the file to the district judge. A hearing in the matter will further take place on Wednesday. Earlier, it was scheduled for the passing of order for today.
On September 17, the Rouse Avenue Court had kept the order reserved on the anticipatory bail plea of Prince Raj Paswan after the conclusion of the arguments of all lawyers.
Earlier, Delhi Police had opposed the plea of anticipatory bail petition of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Prince Raj Paswan. During the hearing in the court, Public Prosecutor Manish Rawat submitted, "We need custodial interrogation of him to recover the alleged video clips having objectionable content as claimed by the victim."
