AAP Leader Sanjay Singh Surrenders in Uttar Pradesh Court for 2001 Case and is Granted Bail

Sanjay Singh and five others were convicted by the MP-MLA court on January 11, 2023 (File). Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh surrendered before a special court in connection with a 2001 street-protest case and was granted bail on a surety bond of Rs 50,000.

The surety was deposited on the directions of the Allahabad High court which had stayed the execution of the sentence awarded by the Sultanpur court. Sanjay Singh and five others were convicted by the MP-MLA court on January 11, 2023 and their appeal was dismissed by the sessions court on August 6 this year.

The special court had sentenced the AAP leader to three months of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine for obstructing traffic and inciting violence during a protest in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur district. An urgent plea was heard on January 11 last year, and the Lucknow bench of the HC had held that Sanjay Singh need not surrender before the Sultanpur court till its order comes on his bail plea, which was scheduled for hearing on Thursday.

A non-bailable warrant was issued by the MP-MLA court against Sanjay Singh, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Anoop Sanda, and four others on August 13 this year. The HC bench of Justice K S Pawar ordered that Sanjay Singh will have to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 to the satisfaction of the special court, with an undertaking that he or his counsel will appear before it when the revision petition is listed for hearing.