Mumbai court reserves verdict in second criminal complaint against Nawab Malik

A Mumbai court on Monday reserved orders on a criminal complaint filed by BJP leader Mohit Bharatiya against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik..Bharatiya had previously filed a criminal complaint against Malik for making allegedly defamatory statements against Bharatiya and his brother-in-law after Malik had alleged that the "Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is acting under influence of BJP."Malik had subsequently been granted bail by the court..The criminal complaint filed by Bharatiya raised grievances against a press conference held by Malik on November 7, 2021..The complaint highlighted how Malik continued his malicious onslaught against Bharatiya and “failed to even provide an iota of evidence to substantiate his claims”. This only corroborated witht he fact that “his malicious narrative is to merely to defame him and lower his image in the eyes of the society at large”..Bharatiya’s lawyer, advocate Faiz Merchant, informed the Court that Malik remained undeterred despite the Court’s cognisance into the criminal complaints against him.The allegations levelled by Malik were false and did not hold water, he added..In the present complaint, Bharatiya pleaded for the issuance of process against Malik under Section 190 of the Criminal Procedure Code for offences under Section 499 punishable under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code..The Metropolitan Magistrate at Mazgaon in Mumbai will pronounce the verdict on December 13, 2021.

Mumbai court reserves verdict in second criminal complaint against Nawab Malik

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