Mr Nag said, “The Krishnanagar Court directed the police to submit its execution report on August 28.
Kolkata: Krishnanagar Trinamul Congress MP Mahua Moitra has moved the Calcutta High Court against the arrest warrant issued by a district court in Nadia for her alleged hate speech.
Her counsel, Arka Kumar Nag, mentioned the matter before a division bench headed by Justice Debangshu Basak of the HC on Friday for an urgent hearing which is expected to come up for hearing next week.
Mr Nag said, “The Krishnanagar Court directed the police to submit its execution report on August 28. Challenging the arrest warrant, we have made an appeal at the HC which has listed it for hearing on August 24.”
On August 19, 3rd judicial magistrate Dibyendu Das of the Krishnanagar Court issued the arrest warrant against the TMC MP for skipping her appearance before him despite repeated summons in the case.
The judge observed in his order, “The series of disobedience of the order of this court .... goes to show the lackadaisical approach of the accused to comply with the court order and accordingly this court is left with no other option but to issue a warrant of arrest against her.”
