Two accused in Ponty Chadha murder surrender in court
11 May 2013 6:25 AM IST
The two men, wanted for their alleged roles in the killings of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep at a farm house, surrendered before a Delhi court on Friday which sent them to police custody for two days.
The two accused, who were chargesheeted along with sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief S S Namdhari and 19 others for the killings on 17 November last year, appeared before chief metropolitan magistrate Raj Kumar Tripathi who remanded them in police custody till 12 May.
After absconding for over five months, Premveer and Inderpal surrendered only after the judge on 25 April had ordered initiation of proceedings under section 82 of the Code of Criminal Proceedings (CrPC) to declare them proclaimed offenders.
The two, against whom the proceedings were ordered, were private security guards of Ponty’s brother Rajender Chadha and are natives of Uttar Pradesh.
Under section 82 of CrPC, if the court has a reason to believe that the accused is absconding or concealing himself, it orders the prosecution to publish a notice about the accused or publicly announce or affix information about the person near his house or public places for making him appear in the court.
Meanwhile, the court extended till 23 May,the judicial custody of seven accused named in a charge sheet for their alleged roles in the killing of Ponty Chadha and Hardeep Chadha.
The two accused, who were chargesheeted along with sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief S S Namdhari and 19 others for the killings on 17 November last year, appeared before chief metropolitan magistrate Raj Kumar Tripathi who remanded them in police custody till 12 May.
After absconding for over five months, Premveer and Inderpal surrendered only after the judge on 25 April had ordered initiation of proceedings under section 82 of the Code of Criminal Proceedings (CrPC) to declare them proclaimed offenders.
The two, against whom the proceedings were ordered, were private security guards of Ponty’s brother Rajender Chadha and are natives of Uttar Pradesh.
Under section 82 of CrPC, if the court has a reason to believe that the accused is absconding or concealing himself, it orders the prosecution to publish a notice about the accused or publicly announce or affix information about the person near his house or public places for making him appear in the court.
Meanwhile, the court extended till 23 May,the judicial custody of seven accused named in a charge sheet for their alleged roles in the killing of Ponty Chadha and Hardeep Chadha.
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