New Delhi: Jitender Singh Tomar, Delhi Law Minister of the party in power in the capital, Aam Aadmi Party, was arrested on June 9, 2015 and taken to the Hauz Khas police station in Delhi, after FIR was registered against him under various sections of IPC including Section 420 (cheating), Section 467 (forgery), Section 468 (forgery with purpose of cheating) and Section 120B (criminal conspiracy). Later that day, he resigned from his post of the Law Minister of Delhi. He has now also been expelled from the Aam Aadmi Party.
When presented before the duty Magistrate of the Saket Court, the Prosecutor claimed that the Bishwanath Singh Institute of Legal Study College in Munger from where Mr. Tomar claims to have completed his education from in the year 1994-1998 was derecognised in 1990 itself. The defence, on the other hand, relied on the report of the Principle of the University in question which said that Mr. Tomar was in fact a bonafide student of their University.
The court however rejected the bail application and remanded Mr. Tomar to the police custody for four days.
The former AAP Minister has now moved an application to the Sessions Court claiming that the police did not follow proper legal formalities before carrying out his arrest. The decision is pending before the Saket Court in Delhi.
Author: Akshay Goel, Hidayatullah National Law University
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