Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court
today stayed the non-bailable warrant issued against AAP MLA
and the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Sukhpal
Singh Khaira, in a drug case.
The single bench of Justice A B Chaudhari also issued
a notice to the state government and fixed the next date of
hearing on November 9.
"The non-bailable warrant has been stayed by the high
court today," Sukhpal Khaira's counsel Mehtab Khaira told
reporters here.
"We have got relief which we had sought from the
court," he said.
Sukhpal Khaira had moved high court on November 3 against
a Fazilka court's order, while describing it as a "classic
instance of political vendetta".
In his petition, he had asserted that an attempt was
being made to rope him in as an accused with the aim to
tarnish his reputation.
On October 31, a court in Fazilka, had sentenced nine
persons to imprisonment in a trans-border heroin smuggling
racket which surfaced in 2015.
The court had issued summons to Sukhpal Khaira under
section 319 of the CrPC following an application from the
prosecution. He was told to appear on November 30.
Meanwhile, talking to reporters here, the AAP MLA hit out
at the political parties, the Congress, the SAD and the BJP,
for seeking his resignation.
He also expressed displeasure at some of his own party
colleagues who had reportedly sought his resignation on moral
grounds.
"Those who had launched a tirade against me will now
feel embarrassed. I feel pained at saying that some of my
party leaders were also involved in this mischief and they
were playing into the hands of the current government," said
the AAP leader.
