RANCHI/MUMBAI: MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Monday moved the Jharkhand High Court seeking a stay on a non-bailable arrest warrant issued by a court in Jamshedpur for making allegtedly derogatory remarks about Biharis and shifting of the trial in the case to Mumbai from the steel city.
The High Court in Ranchi has posted the petition for hearing on October 25, his lawyer Akhilesh Choubey said in Mumbai.
Choubey said the High Court has not granted any interim protection from arrest to Raj till October 25.
The Jamshedpur judicial magistrate (first class) A K Tiwari had issued the warrant against Raj on September 30 to appear before him on November 17.
The warrant was received today by the Mumbai police which has indicated that Raj may be arrested.
Choubey said the petition also sought the trial of the case from the Jamshedpur court to a court in Mumbai on the ground that he is a resident of the metropolis.
This is the second time Raj has moved the Jharkhand High Court for shifting the trial from Jamshedpurt to Mumbai.
Earlier in September, the MNS chief had approached the High Court for transfer of the trial to Mumbai.
The High Court, however, rejected his plea but granted him the liberty to move the lower court with it.
Raj returned to the Jamshedpurt court with the transfer plea but the court told him that it could be taken up at the time of the trial, after which the MNS leader moved the High Court today.
