<p>A sessions court in Mumbai on Friday rejected the appeal filed by Amravati MP Navneet Rana's father against a proclamation order issued by a magistrate.</p>.<p>A metropolitan magistrate court had last month issued the proclamation order against the lawmaker's father Harbhajan Kundles for not appearing before it although multiple summonses were issued against him.</p>.<p>Rana and her father are accused of allegedly forging documents to obtain a caste certificate as the Amravati seat is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates.</p>.<p>Kundles had then filed a review petition before a sessions court here against the magistrate's order. After hearing both sides, additional sessions judge Santosh Kulkarni rejected Kundles' plea, advocate Sachin Thorat, who represents the complainant in the case, said.</p>.<p>As per the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), a proclamation order is issued if any court has a reason to believe (whether after taking evidence or not) that any person against whom a warrant has been issued by it has absconded or is concealing himself so that such warrant cannot be executed.</p>.<p>Court may publish a written proclamation requiring him to appear at a specified place and time not less than 30 days from the date of publishing such proclamation.</p>.<p>As per the complaint lodged at Mulund police station in Mumbai, Rana and her father had allegedly forged documents to obtain a caste certificate as the Amravati Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra is reserved for SC candidates.</p>.<p>In 2021, the Bombay High Court had cancelled the caste certificate issued to Rana, saying it was obtained fraudulently using fabricated documents. The father-daughter duo had challenged the high court's order in the apex court.</p>
<p>A sessions court in Mumbai on Friday rejected the appeal filed by Amravati MP Navneet Rana's father against a proclamation order issued by a magistrate.</p>.<p>A metropolitan magistrate court had last month issued the proclamation order against the lawmaker's father Harbhajan Kundles for not appearing before it although multiple summonses were issued against him.</p>.<p>Rana and her father are accused of allegedly forging documents to obtain a caste certificate as the Amravati seat is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates.</p>.<p>Kundles had then filed a review petition before a sessions court here against the magistrate's order. After hearing both sides, additional sessions judge Santosh Kulkarni rejected Kundles' plea, advocate Sachin Thorat, who represents the complainant in the case, said.</p>.<p>As per the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), a proclamation order is issued if any court has a reason to believe (whether after taking evidence or not) that any person against whom a warrant has been issued by it has absconded or is concealing himself so that such warrant cannot be executed.</p>.<p>Court may publish a written proclamation requiring him to appear at a specified place and time not less than 30 days from the date of publishing such proclamation.</p>.<p>As per the complaint lodged at Mulund police station in Mumbai, Rana and her father had allegedly forged documents to obtain a caste certificate as the Amravati Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra is reserved for SC candidates.</p>.<p>In 2021, the Bombay High Court had cancelled the caste certificate issued to Rana, saying it was obtained fraudulently using fabricated documents. The father-daughter duo had challenged the high court's order in the apex court.</p>