SC refuses to entertain bail plea of SP MLA Ramakant Yadav in spurious liquor case
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain the bail plea of Samajwadi Party MLA Ramakant Yadav in a spurious liquor case in which nine people died in Azamgarh in 2022.A vacation bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Rajesh Bindal refused to interfere with the Allahabad high court order denying him bail. Yadav had moved the top court against the May 14 order of the high court which rejected his bail plea with a direction to the trial court to complete the examination of the remaining witnesses within four months. "Perusal of the record shows that first bail application of applicant was rejected by this Court vide order dated 06.09.2023 and trial Court was directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same as early as possible preferably within a period of six months, however only six witnesses have been examined so far. An FIR was registered in February 2022 at Ahraula police station in Azamgarh where nine people died allegedly after consuming spurious liquor.