<p>"I charge you that you along with co-accused on May 9, 2000... in furtherance of your common intention formed an unlawful assembly and restrained complainant Sub-Inspector (SI) Mahender Singh and other policemen from performing their duties by throwing stones,” the court said in an order passed earlier this week.<br /><br />Babbar, the then Lok Sabha MP from Agra, expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and MP Sarvraj Singh, along with over 800 activists, tried to stage a rally outside the residence of the then prime minister against water crisis in his constituency, the chargesheet said.<br />Babbar, however, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.<br /><br />The court will now start recording the statements of prosecution witnesses on July 1.<br />Amar Singh was discharged from the case in 2004 by Delhi High Court which had set aside the lower court's order of taking cognisance of the offence.<br /><br />The leaders have been charged under provisions of the Indian Penal Code dealing with rioting, causing hurt, and assaulting policemen to deter them from performing duty.</p>
<p>"I charge you that you along with co-accused on May 9, 2000... in furtherance of your common intention formed an unlawful assembly and restrained complainant Sub-Inspector (SI) Mahender Singh and other policemen from performing their duties by throwing stones,” the court said in an order passed earlier this week.<br /><br />Babbar, the then Lok Sabha MP from Agra, expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and MP Sarvraj Singh, along with over 800 activists, tried to stage a rally outside the residence of the then prime minister against water crisis in his constituency, the chargesheet said.<br />Babbar, however, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.<br /><br />The court will now start recording the statements of prosecution witnesses on July 1.<br />Amar Singh was discharged from the case in 2004 by Delhi High Court which had set aside the lower court's order of taking cognisance of the offence.<br /><br />The leaders have been charged under provisions of the Indian Penal Code dealing with rioting, causing hurt, and assaulting policemen to deter them from performing duty.</p>