A Delhi court issued a fresh bailable warrant against Dhruv Rathee on Saturday in a 2018 defamation case. The judge took this step after officials found his house locked while serving a notice. Rathee, who lives in Germany, is currently in India. The court will hear the matter on October 31.
Judicial Magistrate First Class South East Rahul Jain issued the fresh warrants on Saturday after the court was informed that Rathee's house was found to be locked during an attempt to serve an earlier summons notice, Bar and Bench reported.
The court has listed the matter for further proceedings on October 31, while a detailed order is awaited.
The judge had, earlier this week, issued fresh summons to Rathee after the complainant had moved an application seeking preponement of the matter, which had earlier been listed for November 20.
The preponement was sought on the ground that Rathee, who lives in Germany, was currently in India for the protests against Chief Election Commissioner and the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise.
The fresh summons was issued on October 12, with the court directing them to be served to Rathee at his residence in Gurugram, Haryana.