Chhattisgarh High Court on Wednesday ordered cancellation of FIR against former state Chief Minister Raman Singh and BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra in the toolkit case. BJP leaders’ advocate Vivek Sharma said that the double bench of Chief Justice in Chhattisgarh High Court has given relief to Singh and Patra in the toolkit case. The court has ordered to cancel the FIR registered against both the leaders.
Sharma said that after the hearing on September 12, the court had reserved the decision. While giving this verdict on Wednesday, the court accepted that no criminal case is made out against the two leaders. The advocate said that on May 18, 2021, former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh had posted an alleged toolkit against Congress in his Twitter account and a similar post was also made by Sambit Patra. He told that on this post, the youth wing of Congress had filed a case against Singh and Patra at Azad Chowk police station in Raipur on 19 May 2021. Both the leaders had filed a petition in the court to cancel the FIR.
He told that after the initial hearing in the case, the court had given interim relief to both the leaders and put a stay on the police investigation and action. The final hearing in the case was held on September 12, 2023 before a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Judge NK Chandravanshi. The judge had reserved the decision after hearing both the sides. The advocate said that senior advocates Mahesh Jethmalani and Vivek Sharma had represented the BJP leaders. Sharma said that the High Court has accepted the petition of both the leaders and has ordered to cancel the FIR registered against them. The court has said that no criminal case is made out against both of them in this case.