<p>Mau: A special MP/MLA court in Mau has declared Samajwadi Party MLA Sudhakar Singh, who represents the Ghosi assembly constituency, as an absconder in a nearly four-decade-old criminal case, a government lawyer on Thursday said.</p>.<p>Despite the court order, Singh continues to actively participate in political activities in his region.</p>.<p>The case dates back to 1986, when Singh was booked by Doharighat Police for allegedly disrupting government work, vandalism, and misbehaving with officials during a protest over power outages at a 400 KV power substation.</p>.<p>Initially, the case was being heard in the then Azamgarh district court, which granted him bail.</p>.<p>After Mau was carved out as a separate district in 1989, the case file was transferred to the Mau court.</p>.<p>On July 25, 2023, the court formally declared him an absconder.</p>.<p>Singh filed a plea before the District Judge on June 4, 2024, after being elected as an MLA following which his case was transferred to a court dealing with MP/MLA cases for further proceedings.</p>.<p>His counsel advocate Virendra Bahadur Pal argued that the arrest warrant was not served properly and claimed Singh was unaware of the court's order.</p>.<p>He submitted a plea to cancel the absconder order.</p>.<p>However, additional government counsel Rajesh Pandey said Singh was fully aware of the legal proceedings.</p>.<p>Pandey also informed the court that Singh even deposited a fine of Rs 2,000 with the District Legal Services Authority in compliance with a court order.</p>.<p>The court refused to grant a stay on the plea and posted the matter on July 10, the government counsel added.</p>
<p>Mau: A special MP/MLA court in Mau has declared Samajwadi Party MLA Sudhakar Singh, who represents the Ghosi assembly constituency, as an absconder in a nearly four-decade-old criminal case, a government lawyer on Thursday said.</p>.<p>Despite the court order, Singh continues to actively participate in political activities in his region.</p>.<p>The case dates back to 1986, when Singh was booked by Doharighat Police for allegedly disrupting government work, vandalism, and misbehaving with officials during a protest over power outages at a 400 KV power substation.</p>.<p>Initially, the case was being heard in the then Azamgarh district court, which granted him bail.</p>.<p>After Mau was carved out as a separate district in 1989, the case file was transferred to the Mau court.</p>.<p>On July 25, 2023, the court formally declared him an absconder.</p>.<p>Singh filed a plea before the District Judge on June 4, 2024, after being elected as an MLA following which his case was transferred to a court dealing with MP/MLA cases for further proceedings.</p>.<p>His counsel advocate Virendra Bahadur Pal argued that the arrest warrant was not served properly and claimed Singh was unaware of the court's order.</p>.<p>He submitted a plea to cancel the absconder order.</p>.<p>However, additional government counsel Rajesh Pandey said Singh was fully aware of the legal proceedings.</p>.<p>Pandey also informed the court that Singh even deposited a fine of Rs 2,000 with the District Legal Services Authority in compliance with a court order.</p>.<p>The court refused to grant a stay on the plea and posted the matter on July 10, the government counsel added.</p>