On Friday, the two-judge bench of the apex court, led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna and also comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar refused to interfere with the October 18 order of the Delhi High Court refusing the stay on his conviction.Koda in his appeal said that the apex court should stay his conviction and should do this after relying upon its 2023 judgment in Afjal Ansari vs. State of Uttar Pradesh, as it had suspended the conviction of BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) legislator Afsal Ansari.The bench, however, did not find any merit in Koda’s prayers, and said, the judgment which was cited by the petitioner, was a case of the sitting legislator. “We are dismissing the appeal,” the bench of the apex court said.It is to be noted that the polling for the 81-member Jharkhand assembly will be held in two phases on November 13 and November 20, respectively, and the counting of votes will take place on November 23.Koda’s application was opposed by the probe agency, CBI, on the grounds of maintainability.
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