new delhi a trial court has framed charges against trade union leader and alleged maoist leader gopal mishra and his wife kanchan mishra under the countrys antiterror law more than a year after their arrest additional sessions judge santosh snehi mann ordered framing of charges against mishra and his wife kanchan alias anu for allegedly having links with outlawed communist party of india maoist and committing various offences under the unlawful activities prevention act the court said the documents recovered from them lay emphasis on capturing political power through armed rebellionthe magazines books and booklets recovered from the residential premises of the accused persons in bulk besides promoting ideology of cpi maoist lay emphasis on capture of political power in the country by armed rebelliontext of the books speak in strong words about bringing political and social change in the country through violence and by spreading hatred against the democratically elected government the court said the accused cited the cases of binayak sen and indra das to defend their case saying that their involvement in social work for empowerment of weaker sections of the society cannot make them criminals the court however trashed their arguments referring to the cases the accused said both the accused deserve to be discharged as mere membership of a banned organization is not an offence in the light of the recent decisions of apex courtthe court however trashed their arguments saying judgment in binayak sens case is order on granting bail to the convicts pending appeal against conviction as these judgments do not contain any observations or findings on merits they are not relevant in the present contextmishra 43 was arrested by the special cell of delhi police on april 26 2010 from shahdara in east delhi and was found carrying various documents and a cd containing material related to cpi maoist his wife anu was arrested a day later the prosecution had claimed that during interrogation gopal revealed that he is an active member and city organizer for delhi region of cpi maoist and his task is to motivate people to join the banned outfit the prosecution said mishra and his wife used to visit colleges here to hold meetings and seminars and to distribute literatures on maoist ideology among youth according to the chargesheet incriminating materials including a laptop cds dvds pen drives bulk printed and electronic material related to cpi maoist ideology and activities were recovered from their house