New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea for a direction to CBI to register a case of cheating against former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly misleading the voters by making “false promises” in the poll manifesto.
“It is evident that petitioner is seeking investigation under section 420 (cheating) of IPC. There is nothing preventing the petitioner, as a member of public, from going to the police station and lodging a FIR.
The court, however, was not impressed and said that under the penal provision whosoever has been deceived should file an FIR, to which Sharma responded that all citizens of Delhi are the aggrieved party and all of them can’t go and file FIRs.
Sharma has alleged in his PIL that Kejriwal had in his election campaign promised to reduce electricity tariffs by 50 percent when neither Delhi government nor the Lt Governor has the power to do so.
“They (politicians) make promises in their election manifesto and during campaigning but after the polls these are not fulfilled. This amounts to cheating,” Sharma had said.
