Tag: Kapil Dev Aggarwal

  • UP minister Kapil Dev Aggarwal acquitted in decade-old case related to disruption of train service

    By PTI

    MUZAFFARNAGAR: A Special MP/MLA court here on Tuesday acquitted UP minister Kapil Dev Aggarwal and seven other BJP leaders in a 2012 case related to the disruption of train service during a protest.

    Aggarwal and the other accused – former MLAs Ashok Kansal and Umesh Malik, district BJP president Vijay Shukla; ex-district presidents Pawan Trar and Yashpal Pawar; Vabhav Tyagi and Sunil Tayal – were present in the court here when it pronounced its verdict.

    Special judge Mayank Aggarwal acquitted them due to a lack of evidence.

    According to prosecution officer Niraj Singh, police had registered a case under the Railway Act against 12 people, including Aggarwal, for disrupting train service at Muzaffarnagar railway station on September 3, 2012.

    The accused were participating in a protest against the then Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.

    The case against four other accused has already been decided by the court which had imposed a fine of Rs 500 each.

    MUZAFFARNAGAR: A Special MP/MLA court here on Tuesday acquitted UP minister Kapil Dev Aggarwal and seven other BJP leaders in a 2012 case related to the disruption of train service during a protest.

    Aggarwal and the other accused – former MLAs Ashok Kansal and Umesh Malik, district BJP president Vijay Shukla; ex-district presidents Pawan Trar and Yashpal Pawar; Vabhav Tyagi and Sunil Tayal – were present in the court here when it pronounced its verdict.

    Special judge Mayank Aggarwal acquitted them due to a lack of evidence.

    According to prosecution officer Niraj Singh, police had registered a case under the Railway Act against 12 people, including Aggarwal, for disrupting train service at Muzaffarnagar railway station on September 3, 2012.

    The accused were participating in a protest against the then Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.

    The case against four other accused has already been decided by the court which had imposed a fine of Rs 500 each.

  • Court frames charges against Uttar Pradesh minister Kapil Dev Aggarwal

    By PTI

    MUZAFFARNAGAR: A court here framed charges against Uttar Pradesh minister Kapil Dev Aggarwal in two cases, involving charges of the violation of prohibitory orders and rioting. The court meant to try MPs and MLAs fixed November 23 as the next date of hearing. The court of Special Judge Gopal Upadhyay farmed charges under Sections 147, 188, 427 and 506 of the IPC.

    According to District Government Counsel Rajiv Sharma and Additional Government Counsel Manoj Thakur, police had registered two cases for rioting and violation of prohibitory orders against Aggarwal in 2003 and 2017, respectively.

    Aggarwal is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Uttar Pradesh government.