Lucknow, February 04, 2022 (PPI-OT):A district court in Uttar Pradesh has issued a notice to the Indian Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) after Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore the Indian Army uniform during his visit to occupied Jammu and Kashmir last year while interacting with army personnel.

The notice was issued to the PMO after a plea was filed in the Prayagraj district court in UP, stating that Modi wearing the uniform was illegal under Section 140 of the Indian Penal Code, and should be termed as a punishable offence.

As per Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi-language daily) reports, district judge Nalin Kumar Srivastava issued a notice to the PMO as well as Advocate Rakesh Nath Pandey, who had moved the application under section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (which empowers Magistrate to order an investigation into a cognizable offence). The plea has been filed by Pandey before a district judge, and now the matter will be heard by the court on March 2.

It may be pointed out that Pandey had earlier filed a plea in December last year, however, the chief judicial magistrate Harendra Nath had rejected it, saying that the incident happened outside the jurisdiction of the court and the matter can be heard by a magistrate having jurisdiction. Last year, Narendra Modi visited the Nowshera sector in the occupied territory to celebrate Diwali with Indian army soldiers.

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