AHMEDABAD: In a significant relief for retired senior police officers D G Vanzara and N Okay Amin, the Gujarat government has refused sanction to prosecute them within the 2004 Ishrat Jahan come upon case after the particular CBI court docket rejected the police officers’ discharge software.
CBI recommend R C Kodekar on Tuesday knowledgeable the particular court docket about denial of prosecution sanction beneath Section 197 of the CrPC and positioned a letter despatched by way of the state government to the CBI in a sealed quilt. The refusal of permission to prosecute the police officers by way of the government suggests that it believes that Ishrat, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Zeeshan Johar and Amjad Ali Rana have been shot lifeless on June 15, 2004 by way of the police officers within the line of discharge in their accountability.
After the state government refused prosecution sanction to the CBI, both the police officers asked the CBI court docket that the legal case in opposition to them should be dropped. Their advocates sought the court docket’s permission to record applications for the same. The court docket has posted further listening to on March 26 within the case.
The CBI has been maintaining that there was no requirement of prosecution sanction to take a look at Vanzara and Amin as a result of they are charged with homicide and legal conspiracy. A tribulation in opposition to them can also be proceeded with out such sanction.
Pleading innocence, Vanzara and Amin had sought discharge from the case additionally at the flooring of absence of legal prosecution from the state government.
The court docket had ultimate 12 months rejected the discharge pleas and asked the CBI to acquire the permission from the government to prosecute the police officers. Accordingly, the CBI asked the state government to grant prosecution sanction.
Retired DIG Vanzara and retired SP Amin have been among eight police officers charged by way of the CBI within the Ishrat case. Former in-change DGP P P Pandey has been discharged by way of the court docket on this case.
Earlier, the Centre had refused to grant prosecution sanction on this case for four Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers, including former particular director Rajinder Kumar.
Vanzara and Amin have been discharged within the Sohrabuddin Sheikh come upon case earlier by way of a Mumbai CBI court docket.
After the shootout on June 15, 2004, the Ahmedabad crime department had declared that a 19-year-old lady from Mumbra, Ishrat Jahan, and 3 Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives had come to Gujarat to kill then chief minister Narendra Modi to avenge the 2002 riots.
CBI recommend R C Kodekar on Tuesday knowledgeable the particular court docket about denial of prosecution sanction beneath Section 197 of the CrPC and positioned a letter despatched by way of the state government to the CBI in a sealed quilt. The refusal of permission to prosecute the police officers by way of the government suggests that it believes that Ishrat, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Zeeshan Johar and Amjad Ali Rana have been shot lifeless on June 15, 2004 by way of the police officers within the line of discharge in their accountability.
After the state government refused prosecution sanction to the CBI, both the police officers asked the CBI court docket that the legal case in opposition to them should be dropped. Their advocates sought the court docket’s permission to record applications for the same. The court docket has posted further listening to on March 26 within the case.
The CBI has been maintaining that there was no requirement of prosecution sanction to take a look at Vanzara and Amin as a result of they are charged with homicide and legal conspiracy. A tribulation in opposition to them can also be proceeded with out such sanction.
Pleading innocence, Vanzara and Amin had sought discharge from the case additionally at the flooring of absence of legal prosecution from the state government.
The court docket had ultimate 12 months rejected the discharge pleas and asked the CBI to acquire the permission from the government to prosecute the police officers. Accordingly, the CBI asked the state government to grant prosecution sanction.
Retired DIG Vanzara and retired SP Amin have been among eight police officers charged by way of the CBI within the Ishrat case. Former in-change DGP P P Pandey has been discharged by way of the court docket on this case.
Earlier, the Centre had refused to grant prosecution sanction on this case for four Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers, including former particular director Rajinder Kumar.
Vanzara and Amin have been discharged within the Sohrabuddin Sheikh come upon case earlier by way of a Mumbai CBI court docket.
After the shootout on June 15, 2004, the Ahmedabad crime department had declared that a 19-year-old lady from Mumbra, Ishrat Jahan, and 3 Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives had come to Gujarat to kill then chief minister Narendra Modi to avenge the 2002 riots.
Guj refuses sanction to prosecute Vanzara, Amin
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