On Sunday morning, BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, son of BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya was released from jail. He was released after a special court in Bhopal granted him bail.
Allegedly, Vijayvargiya was arrested for assaulting a civic official with a bat on Wednesday in Indore.
The 34-year-old was released after bail order reached Indore from Bhopal-based court. However, additional sessions Judge Suresh Singh granted bail to Akash in two cases – staging a protest without prior permission and assaulting a civic official.
Additionally, BJP MLA is asked to settle a personal bail bond of Rs 50,000 in the assault case and Rs 20,000 in the other one.
As he got out of the jail, he was welcomed with garlands and laddoos were distributed outside the prison. Akash wasn’t apologetic nor embarrassed. He added that he felt no guilt in doing whatever he did as he couldn’t think of anything else at that time.
“I am not guilty or embarrassed about what I did as it was in public interest. A woman was being dragged brutally in front of the police and I couldn’t think of doing anything else,” he said. He added: “But I pray to god ki vo dobara ballebazi karne ka avsar na de (I pray to god that I should not be given another opportunity to pick up the bat).”
Akash spoke about his first experience in prison saying, “Sahi batayun toh jail mein bada achha laga.” He added, the compound of the prison was very beautiful, and it had a Lord Shiva temple and a garden. He said he spent most of his time in the temple.
Keeping in mind the law and order situation in the city, the release of Indore III MLA was, however, preponed by around 60 minutes. Due to his ahead-of-schedule release, his supporters were unable to carry out a celebratory rally.
On Saturday, the lawyers of Akash had argued in the court that the Supreme Court has ruled that offences which do not invite more than seven-year imprisonment were bailable. Though, they further alleged that their client was falsely caught up in the case with an intention to destroy his public image.
“Bail to him will send a wrong signal to the society,” district prosecution officer Rajendra Upadhyaya argued.
