Lokesh Sharma, the previous Officer on Particular Obligation (OSD) of former CM Ashok Gehlot, Monday turned approver within the 2020 telephone tapping case earlier than the Patiala Home Court docket in New Delhi.
In an FIR lodged in Delhi in March 2021 based mostly on the grievance of Union Minister and Rajasthan BJP chief Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Sharma and others have been accused of legal conspiracy and “unlawfully intercepting telegraphic alerts (telephonic dialog)”.
These interceptions pertain to the 2020 leak of three audio clips purportedly involving one Gajendra Singh — alleged to be the Union Minister — a intermediary, Sanjay Jain, after which Congress MLAs Bhanwarlal Sharma and Vishvendra Singh. Within the tapes, they have been purportedly heard planning to topple the Gehlot authorities within the state. The revelations subsequently led to then Deputy CM and Congress state president Sachin Pilot main an unsuccessful riot of 19 MLAs.
An utility was submitted by Sharma searching for a pardon within the stated FIR. On Monday, the Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace (CJM) at Patiala Home Court docket granted pardon to Sharma following a plea that he’ll present a complete and true disclosure of the information associated to the offence and different offenders, Sharma’s legal professionals stated.
The CJM additionally noticed that Sharma’s assertion is essential in figuring out different accused individuals doubtlessly concerned within the legal conspiracy.
Sharma was arrested by the Delhi Police final month however subsequently launched on bail as he had secured an anticipatory bail the week earlier than.
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