The Allahabad High Court on Thursday stayed execution of sentence awarded to AAP leader Sanjay Singh by Sultanpur court in a case against him over a street protest in 2001.
The court had on Wednesday held that Sanjay Singh need not surrender before a Sultanpur court till its order on the bail plea.
Singh and five others were convicted by a Sultanpur court on January 11, 2023, and their appeal dismissed by the sessions court on August 6 this year.
On August 13, a non-bailable warrant was issued against Singh, Samajwadi Party leader Anoop Sanda, and four others by the MP-MLA court in Sultanpur.
Published 22 August 2024, 14:39 IST