Judicial Magistrate issues warrants against KN Sharma and Yuv Raj Rai in defamation case

NAMCHI, 22 March: The Judicial Magistrate, District & Sessions Court, here today issued a non-bailable warrant against Congress leader KN Sharma and a bailable warrant against Yuv Raj Rai while hearing the defamation case filed against them and other State Congress leaders by Shirish Khare, MD Nayuma Indane.
Bhupendra Giri, the advocate for Mr. Khare, while speaking to this correspondent, informed that the two against whom warrants were issued today have been absenting themselves from previous hearings, following which the Court today pronounced the warrant against them.
It may be mentioned here that Mr. Khare has filed a defamation case against SPCC president NB Bhandari and other Congress leaders here - KN Upreti, Lalit Sharma, KN Lepcha, Avinash Yakha, DB Basnet, Yuv Raj Rai , Chumsang Shenga, KN Sharma and Dil Kumari Chauhan – accusing them of trying to defame him in the book published by them under the aegis of the SPCC, “Sikkim Mahaloot” and “Burmaloot in Sikkim”.
Most of the respondents were present in the Court today along with their advocates except for Yuv Raj Rai and KN Sharma. The bailable warrant against Yuv Raj Rai along with the show cause to his surety was issued for Rs. 5,000 returnable by 19 April, 2012. The non-ailable warrant issued against KN Sharma was also returnable by the 19th of April, 2012.