AAP MP Sanjay Singh surrenders, know what is the whole matter

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh surrendered before a special court in Sultanpur today (August 28) in connection with a 2001 road-protest case and was granted bail. Sanjay Singh surrendered in the MP-MLA court. The court granted him bail on a bond of Rs 50,000, his lawyer Madan Singh said. The special court had sentenced the AAP leader to three months rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine for obstructing traffic and inciting violence during a protest in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on January 11 last year. Singh and five others were convicted by the MP-MLA court on January 11, 2023 and their appeal was rejected by the sessions court on August 6 this year. Hearing an urgent petition on January 11 last year, the Lucknow bench of the high court had held that Singh need not surrender before the Sultanpur court till the order on his bail plea, which was to be heard on Thursday (August 29). On August 13 this year, the MP-MLA court had issued a non-bailable warrant against Singh, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Anoop Sanda and four others. The HC bench of Justice KS Pawar ordered that Singh has to submit a personal bond of Rs 50,000 to the satisfaction of the special court, with an undertaking that he or his lawyer will appear before it when the revision petition is listed for hearing.