MP/MLA Court Dismisses Pawan Khera's Revision Petition in Case of Remarks on PM Modi's Father

Lucknow: An MP/MLA court, on Thursday, dismissed a revision petition filed by Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera in a case pertaining to his alleged indecent remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's father. The revision petition was filed against the order of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow passed on January 5, 2024, whereby he had refused to give Khera a clean chit in the case. The current order was passed by the special judge of the MP/MLA court Harbans Narayan on Khera's petition.

It was said before the court that Khera had taken the name of PM Modi's father as "Narendra Gautam Das Modi" instead of "Damodar Das Moolchand Modi." The court was told that an FIR regarding the same was lodged on February 20, 2023, at the Cantt police station of Varanasi and the Hazratganj police station of Lucknow in this regard. 

Besides this, another case was lodged on February 22, 2023, at Half Long police station of Assam. The court was told that the FIRs lodged in different police stations were challenged by Khera before the Supreme Court, on which the SC had transferred all the FIRs to the Hazratganj police station on March 20, 2023. The police filed a charge sheet against Khera in the court of CJM Lucknow. 

The MP/MLA court was further informed that a petition was also filed by Khera before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court to quash the charge sheet and the FIR. Considering that the matter is pending in the high court, the court did not give any relief to Khera. (with PTI inputs)