The Supreme Court
on Thursday dismissed a plea by Congress leader Pawan Khera challenging the
Allahabad High Court's refusal to quash criminal proceedings against him for
allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A bench of
Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta said it was not inclined to interfere with
the high court order.
"Sorry, we
are not inclined," the bench said.
On August 17 last
year, the high court had dismissed Khera's plea saying the evidence collected
by the investigating officer of the case cannot be evaluated in petition filed
under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for quashing the
case.
On March 20 last
year, the top court had clubbed three FIRs lodged against Khera in Assam and
Uttar Pradesh for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister
Modi and transferred the matter to the Hazratganj police station in Lucknow
while extending his interim bail.
The Lucknow court
had granted him bail in the case.
Khera has
tendered an unconditional apology in the court for the alleged remarks.