‘He should not have run a parallel court’; Gujarat HC rejects AAP MLA’s anticipatory bail plea

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court here today dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava in a case of allegedly threatening and assaulting employees of the local forest department in Narmada.

Justice JC Doshi rejected Vasava’s pre-arrest bail application, filed through his lawyer, stating that the legislator lacked the authority to summon two forest department officials to his home and establish a “parallel court” to resolve the encroachment issue on the mentioned land.

“He (Vasava) had no authority to summon forest officers to his house and should not have established a parallel court. If someone has a problem, he should go to court,” Justice Doshi remarked.

Following an FIR filed by the police against him, his wife, personal secretary, and another person for allegedly threatening forest department officials and firing a shot in the air at his residence in Dediapada, Narmada district, Vasava is currently on the run.

His wife, personal secretary, and another individual named in the FIR have been arrested in connection with the case. DeshGujarat