Ishrat case: Court reserves order on accused cops’ plea
6 Aug 2013 12:08 AM GMT
A special CBI court on Monday reserved its order on an application filed by two policemen accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan fake encounter killing case, seeking copies of all the previous statements of witnesses as recorded by the earlier probe agencies.
Additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) H S Khutwad of CBI court here on Monday concluded the hearing on an application filed by former IPS officer G L Singhal and Tarun Barot and will pronounce the order on 7 August.
Six accused policemen in the case, out of the seven who were named in the charge sheet filed by CBI on 4 July, have been provided copies of various documents along with the chargesheet by CBI.
Singhal and Barot have claimed that copies of the previous statements recorded under section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) of various witnesses by the earlier investigating agencies like DCB Crime Branch, Ahmedabad and SIT (which had earlier investigated the case under the High Court order) have not been provided to them.
However, opposing their demand, CBI today contended the prosecuting agency was not relying on the statements of the witnesses, which were recorded by the previous probe agencies.
Additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) H S Khutwad of CBI court here on Monday concluded the hearing on an application filed by former IPS officer G L Singhal and Tarun Barot and will pronounce the order on 7 August.
Six accused policemen in the case, out of the seven who were named in the charge sheet filed by CBI on 4 July, have been provided copies of various documents along with the chargesheet by CBI.
Singhal and Barot have claimed that copies of the previous statements recorded under section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) of various witnesses by the earlier investigating agencies like DCB Crime Branch, Ahmedabad and SIT (which had earlier investigated the case under the High Court order) have not been provided to them.
However, opposing their demand, CBI today contended the prosecuting agency was not relying on the statements of the witnesses, which were recorded by the previous probe agencies.
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