Delhi's Patiala House Court on Saturday framed charges against TTV Dhinakaran in the 'two leaves' alleged bribery case.
Special Judge Ajay Bharadwaj ordered to put Dinakaran on trial for the offense punishable under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.
Dinakaran, who had floated Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam party after being expelled from the AIADMK, was arrested in April 2017 here and was later granted bail.
Alleged middleman Sukesh Chandansekar, who is currently in judicial currently, was also ordered to be put on trial in the case for the offence punishable under sections 120-B and 201 of IPC and under the PC Act.
The court directed Dhinakaran to appear before it on December 4, when it will formally frame the charges.
In 2017, Delhi Police's crime branch had filed the charge sheet alleging that Chandansekar had conspired with Dinakaran and others to bribe the poll panel officials to get the two leaves symbol for Sasikala-led AIADMK faction.
Dhinakaran had won the byelections held in Radha Krishnan Nagar Assembly constituency in December last year under the 'pressure cooker' symbol with a margin of over 40,000 votes.
Dhinakaran was also asked to appear before the court on December 4 to sign the copy of charges.
Dhinakaran is currently on bail.
Out of the nine accused in the bribery case, four were charged under various sections and the remaining five were discharged on Saturday from the special court.
Recording of evidence in the court will next be done on December 17-December 22.
Delhi police's crime branch had earlier in December 2017 submitted a supplementary charge sheet in two leave symbol bribery case before the Delhi's Tiz Hazari court.
Apart from rebel AIADMK Dhinakaran, Sukesh Chandrashekhar, Mallikarjuna, Nathu Singh, Pulkit Kundra, B Kumar, Lalit Kumar, Jai Vikram Haran and Narendra Jain were named in the chargesheet.
