Babri case: Court to frame criminal conspiracy charges against LK Advani on May 26

The Special CBI Court (Ayodhya Prakaran) Lucknow on Wednesday fixed May 26 as the date for framing criminal conspiracy charges under section 120-B of the IPC against former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, ex-HRD minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, Union minister Uma Bharati, BJP MP Vinay Katiyar, Sadhvi Ritambahara and Vishnu Hari Dalmia for demolition of Babri mosque on December 6, 1992.

The Court has also fixed Thursday (May 25) for framing criminal conspiracy charges against Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Dr Ram Vilas Vedanti, Baikunth Lal Sharma, Champat Rai Bansal, Mahant Dharam Das Maharaj and Satish Pradhan.

The court has directed the CBI to ensure presence of all the accused on both the dates for framing criminal conspiracy charges against them. This means that Advani, Dr Joshi, Uma Bharati and others will have no choice than to appear before the court on May 26.

The court today granted bail to former Shiv Sena MP Satish Pradhan after he surrendered here in another Babri Masjid demolition case. Special CBI court judge S K Yadav granted him bail on two sureties of Rs 20,000 each and a personal bond of the same amount.

Pradhan appeared in the court and moved a surrender application, which was allowed …read more