Varun moves Allahabad HC challenging FIR, Delhi HC for bail

Beleaguered BJP leader Varun Gandhi, against whom a criminal case has been filed over his anti-Muslim speeches, today moved the Allahabad High Court seeking quashing of the FIR and also approached the Delhi High Court for anticipatory bail.

In his petition, Varun, the BJP candidate from Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat, has challenged the FIR filed on March 17 at Barkheda Police Station under Sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 125 of the Representation of the People Act.

Varun alleged in his petition that the FIR, which was lodged nine days after he had made the speeches, was “a part of a political conspiracy to spoil” his political career and “tarnish” his “secular image”.