NO ONE HAS RIGHT TO KILL PEOPLE IN FAKE GUN FIGHTS : GUJRAT HIGH - TopicsExpress



          

NO ONE HAS RIGHT TO KILL PEOPLE IN FAKE GUN FIGHTS : GUJRAT HIGH COURT A bench of justice Jayant Patel and justice Abhilasha Kumari said the delay in filing the chargesheet led to default bail of several policemen who had been arrested as accused in the case. The investigation agency was also rapped for spending most of its time "on checking the veracity of Intelligence Bureau inputs than focusing on investigation into the encounter". "What is it that has derailed the investigation? Why chargesheet was not filed on time? Do you have a soft approach toward some of the accused and strict approach toward others?" the court said. Addressing the government counsel, additional advocate general Tushar Mehta, justice Patel said, "What is the role of the state? To defend the officers who killed four people even if they were terrorists or hardcore criminals. Nobody has the licence to kill people in fake encounters even if they are terrorists." "Why the state continues to oppose the CBI probe in the case? Why cooperation to the agency is not extended by the state authorities?" the court asked. The court declined to allow Mehta to file an affidavit regarding a purported taped conversation between a Pakistan-based terrorist and one of the four persons killed by the Gunarat police in the encounter. "Whatever material you have, hand it over to the CBI which is investigating the case," the court directed Mehta. The CBI submitted that it wanted Gujarat cadre IPS officer Satish Verma to continue assisting in the probe till the chargesheet is filed in the case. The court will decide on the CBI plea on Tuesday. On high court instructions, the CBI had taken over the probe of the killing of 19-year-old Ishrat, a college student from Mumbai, Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar on the outskirts of the city on June 15, 2004 allegedly in a staged gunfight by a police team led by deputy inspector general of police DG Vanzara.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:31:20 +0000

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