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Arsonists join party in power to commit violence: SC

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, granted protection from arrest till May 28 to Arjun Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Barrackpore constituency in West Bengal, in the criminal cases lodged against him by the state police.

A vacation bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah made it clear that Singh will not be arrested by the state police till May 28 in connection with around 20 criminal cases lodged against him. People who indulge in arson and rioting neither belong to nor are loyal to any political party. They join the party in power to commit violence, said the supreme court vacation bench of Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah on Thursday.

The bench was hearing an urgent plea filed by Arjun Singh, a BJP candidate from the Barrackpore Parliamentary Constituency in West Bengal.

Singh said the State had foisted several false cases against him to prevent him from being present at the time of vote counting on May 23.

The BJP candidate, represented by senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, submitted that the ongoing lawyers’ strike in West Bengal had paralysed the courts, compelling him to directly move the top court.

The West Bengal counsel denied the allegation that Singh was being framed by the State. She said there were 11 cases registered against Singh in May alone. She submitted that Singh had himself declared that he was out on bail in eight other cases, including under the Arms Act and rioting, in his declaration affidavit to the Election Commission.

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