Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing of Hardik Patel's plea seeking stay on conviction
New Delhi, Apr 2 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear Congress leader Hardik Patel's plea seeking suspension of his conviction in a 2015 rioting case on an urgent basis, media reports said.
The suspension of conviction would pave the way for him to contest the Lok Sabha polls.
Patel, a Patidar leader, was convicted by the additional sessions judge at Mehsana in Gujarat in connection with a case in which he was found guilty of rioting and arson during the Patidar quota stir in 2015.
Patel had moved the apex court challenging the order of the Gujarat High Court which had in August 2018 suspended his jail sentence but not the conviction.
On Friday, the high court had declined to cancel his conviction.
Patel, a strong critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), recently joined Congress.
Image Credit: twitter.com/HardikPatel_
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