This Article is From Nov 04, 2015

Hardik Patel Remanded in Judicial Custody

Hardik Patel Remanded in Judicial Custody

Patel quota agitation leader, Hardik Patel was arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch from Surat on October 23.

Ahmedabad: Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, arrested on sedition charges, was on Tuesday sent to Sabarmati central jail by a local court as the police did not seek his further remand.

Hardik Patel was produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate BL Choithani this evening by the crime branch after his two-day remand expired on Tuesday.

When the Magistrate asked Mr Patel if he has any complaint against the police, he said there was none.

However, the firebrand Patel leader told the court that he was not asked a single question in the last three days and forced to sit at one place during the remand.

"I don't have any complaint against the police. But, I want to say that police did not ask a single question during these three days and made me sit at one place. It is my humble request that politics should be kept away from judiciary," Mr Patel told the court.

As the crime branch did not press for his further remand, the magistrate remanded Mr Patel in judicial custody. He was then taken to Sabarmati Central Prison in Ahmedabad by the police.

Crime Branch had filed a case of sedition against Mr Patel and five others on October 21 while charging them under Indian Penal Code sections 121 (waging war against government), 124 (sedition), 153-A (promoting enmity between different communities) and 153-B (assertions prejudicial to national integrity).

After taking his custody from Surat police, Mr Patel was produced before the same court on October 25. At that time, the court granted seven-day police custody.

Later, after the expiry of the custody, the court granted two days of further remand when he was produced before the court last Sunday.
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