The Maharashtra MP-MLA couple – Amravati MP Navneet Rana and MLA Ravi Rana – did not get relief from a Mumbai court on Tuesday, three days after their arrest over allegedly inciting the public. The couple was arrested after they gave a warning to Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray that they would chant ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ outside his home. They have been charged with sedition.
The court asked the special public prosecutor to file a reply on the petitions by Friday. “The court has a lot of workload, so we have accepted the bail application’s reply for April 29, after which the court will decide further hearing; it can happen on April 29 and later as well,” the couple’s advocate was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. The couple may have to wait for relief before they come out of jail as the hearing on their bail plea is now adjourned to Friday for Prosecution to submit reply on their plea.
On Monday, the Bombay High Court had dismissed a petition by the arrested lawmaker couple. In the petition, the MP-MLA couple had questioned the second complaint against them at the Khar police station for “threatening and resisting police officials”.
