Court to decide on complaint against Jaswant on Mon

A special court reserved its verdict whether investigation should be conducted into a complaint filed against senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh that opium was allegedly served at a function he had organized on Monday.

A special court reserved its verdict whether investigation should be conducted into a complaint filed against senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh that opium was allegedly served at a function he had organized on Monday.

The court concluded the initial hearing of the application and put the matter for decision whether case is fit for investigation under section 156/3 of CRPC or not after hearing the arguments of the counsel for the complainant.

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The complaint, filed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985, against the former External Affairs Minister and nine other BJP leaders was filed on Friday for allegedly using opium and provoke others publicly during a social function hosted by Singh at his ancestral village Jasol in Barmer district of Rajasthan.

Malam Singh Choudhary, counsel for the complainant Om Prakash Vishnoi, said it was contended before the court that on October 31, Singh hosted a social function and he brought opium illegally and prepared its dose and served to nine other people publicly.

“Since all the ten accused are associated with the supreme institution of legislature that makes the laws, this conduct is inglorious. People do follow the leaders. On one hand, the Act restricts taking opium publicly and its glorification in social functions and on the other these public representatives crossed all legal as well as ethical limits”, Choudhary told the court.

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