New Delhi, August 25: The Patiala House Court in Delhi on Saturday dismissed the plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to restrain police from sharing information on the alleged assault case of Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash with the media. The court will consider the chargesheet in the case on September 18.

Earlier in the day, during the hearing, the Delhi Police accused the ruling AAP of abusing them while the AAP said Delhi Police was trying to make it a media trial. "AAP leaders are making derogatory remarks on Delhi police. They are maligning our image & also trying to influence court proceedings," Delhi Police said in court today.

The AAP MLAs had moved Patiala House Court seeking to restrain Delhi Police from sharing contents or details of the chargesheet with the media. The court had issued a notice to Delhi Police and also fixed August 25 as the next date of hearing.
The Delhi Police had earlier this month filed a chargesheet against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 11 other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for allegedly assaulting Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash in February.
The chargesheet, filed in the Patiala House Court on the basis of investigation conducted on the complaint of Prakash, also names Amanatullah Khan, Prakash Jarwal, Nitin Tyagi, Rituraj Govind, Sanjeev Jha, Ajay Dutt, Rajesh Rishi, Rajesh Gupta, Madan Lal, Parveen Kumar and Dinesh Mohania.

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