New Delhi, May 25: The Delhi High Court today stayed criminal proceedings against Delhi University teacher S A R Geelani, who was acquitted in 2002 Parliament attack case, on the charge of giving false evidence in court.
Justice Vipin Sanghi issued notice to the police and stayed the proceedings till August 13.
Geelani had challenged the order of a sessions judge directing initiation of criminal proceedings against him for perjury for giving wrong address while standing surety for an accused in a bomb blast case.
The trial judge took a serious view of Geelani giving wrong address in an affidavit filed before it and referred the matter to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate for appropriate proceedings.
Geelani, a professor of DU’s Zakir Husain College, had mentioned his address as Moti Masjid at Zakir Nagar in the bail bond of accused Mirza Iftikhar Hussian who was recently acquitted in 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast case
–Agencies