SC reserves order on Jagan's bail to Sep 28

14 Sep, 2012 12:01 IST|Sakshi
SC reserves order on Jagan's bail to Sep 28

The bail petition of YSRC party president, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been posted to Sep 28 by a Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. 

The bench said it was yet to study the CBI's counter affidavit in the case. Gopal Subramaniam, former solicitor general of India argued on behalf of the YSRCP president.

The Apex Court questioned the CBI on three counts.

  • The need to arrest Jagan when the latter was already co-operating with the investigating agency
  • The discrepancies between the figures mentioned in the FIR and those on the charge-sheets that were filed
  • The time needed by the CBI to file a supplementary charge-sheet

 

The apex court directed the CBI to place before it the application moved before a special court in Hyderabad for purportedly summoning key witness, Y Suryanarayana Reddy, in the alleged scam. Senior counsel Gopal Subramaniam assailed the summoning order issued by the special CBI judge to Suryanarayana Reddy, to record his statement under section 164 CrPC.

The counsel contended that if such an order is passed by the special judge, it is unheard of as there is no provision under 164 CrPC to issue summons to a witness. In other words, it was argued that a statement under 164 CrPC can be recorded only voluntarily and not through summons. At this stage, the bench said it would examine the said summoning order and accordingly directed the CBI to place on record before it the application moved by the agency before the special judge for summoning of the witness.

 

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Sakshipost, with PTI inputs

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