HC dismisses plea in Amar Singh CD case

The Uttar Pradesh Advocate General said Amar Singh will not be arrested till the charges against him are probed.

The Uttar Pradesh Advocate General on Tuesday told the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court that AK Tripathi, accused of distributing the CD allegedly containing telephonic conversation of SP general secretary Amar Singh, will not be arrested till the charges against him are investigated.

Following the AG's submission, a division bench comprising Justice OP Srivastava and Justice Shailendra Saxena dismissed the matter.

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Tripathi had filed the writ petition challenging the FIR registered against him and another person charging him with possessing 14 CDs containing telephonic conversation of Singh and seeking a stay against his arrest.