Court issues fresh production warrant against Manoj Sah
25 April 2013 7:16 AM IST
A Delhi court on Wednesday issued a fresh warrant for producing before it Manoj Sah, the main accused in the gang rape of a five-year-old girl in east Delhi.
Manoj was not produced before the court on Wednesday as the warrant issued on Tuesday could not be served to authorities in Tihar jail where the culprit has been lodged in judicial custody after he was brought from Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Kumar, who was presiding as duty magistrate because of a holiday on Wednesday, asked the Tihar Jail authorities to produce him on Thursday before the concerned court.
The investigating officer in the case told the magistrate that the warrant issued on Tuesday could not be served upon the jail authorities.
‘Production warrant against accused Manoj be issued for Thursday. The accused to be produced before the concerned court,’ the magistrate said, directing the court staff to positively dispatch the warrant.
On the court's query about the progress in the investigation, the IO said police required Manoj's custody for linking the evidence gathered so far.
The police needs Manoj's custody to confront him with co-accused Pradeep, to recover the mobile phones used by them during the relevant time period and also to unearth the chain of events.
During the proceedings, the magistrate questioned the presence of SHO of Pandav Nagar Police Station in the court when the incident had happened in the Gandhi Nagar area.
‘Due to some departmental problem, I have been asked to assist the IO,’ the SHO informed the court.
Manoj was not produced before the court on Wednesday as the warrant issued on Tuesday could not be served to authorities in Tihar jail where the culprit has been lodged in judicial custody after he was brought from Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Kumar, who was presiding as duty magistrate because of a holiday on Wednesday, asked the Tihar Jail authorities to produce him on Thursday before the concerned court.
The investigating officer in the case told the magistrate that the warrant issued on Tuesday could not be served upon the jail authorities.
‘Production warrant against accused Manoj be issued for Thursday. The accused to be produced before the concerned court,’ the magistrate said, directing the court staff to positively dispatch the warrant.
On the court's query about the progress in the investigation, the IO said police required Manoj's custody for linking the evidence gathered so far.
The police needs Manoj's custody to confront him with co-accused Pradeep, to recover the mobile phones used by them during the relevant time period and also to unearth the chain of events.
During the proceedings, the magistrate questioned the presence of SHO of Pandav Nagar Police Station in the court when the incident had happened in the Gandhi Nagar area.
‘Due to some departmental problem, I have been asked to assist the IO,’ the SHO informed the court.
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