The supreme court today rejected a plea of S A R Geelani, a Delhi University teacher who was acquitted in 2002 Parliament attack case, for quashing of criminal proceedings against him on the charge of perjury for giving false residential address in court.

A bench comprising Justices P Sathasivasm and B S Chauhan said that it would not interfere with the Delhi High Court's order dismissing the plea of Geelani.

Earlier, the Delhi High Court had dismissed a petition filed by Geelani challenging the summoning order issued by the trial court against him for providing allegedly wrong address to the court while standing as a surety for an accused in a bomb blast case.

As surety for Mirza Iftikhar Hussain, who was acquitted by the trial court in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar bombing case, Geelani had provided fake address to the court.

Hussain, who was also facing trial in another case relating to an attack on an undertrial during his stay at Tihar Jail on April 15, 2008, registered with Hari Nagar police station, had applied for bail which was granted by the court on April 19.

Geelani had allegedly given 568/22, Moti Masjid Road, Zakir Nagar, New Delhi, as his residential address. However, police found that Geelani was not residing at the given address and informed the court that Geelani stayed at that place nearly three years ago.

The trial court had recommended action against him through a complaint to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate for committing perjury by giving wrong address.