Ramdev had made the remarks at a Sadbhawana Sammelan here in April last year, which was called to promote peace in the city that witnessed violence during the Jat quota stir. He had said that but for the rule of law he would have “beheaded” lakhs of people for refusing to chant ‘Bharat mata ki jai’.

On March 2, Goyal had issued summons to Ramdev after a complaint was filed by former Haryana minister Subhash Batra seeking registration of an FIR against the yoga guru.

On May 12, the court had issued a bailable warrant against Ramdev. The ACJM had then directed Ramdev to furnish Rs 1 lakh personal surety during the execution of warrant and also to appear in court on June 14.

But Ramdev’s failure to appear before the court yet again on June 14 . Then Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Harish Goyal issued the NBW against Ramdev and fixed August 3 as the next date of hearing in the case.

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