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Supreme Court: The bench reprimanded the Madhya Pradesh government and the CBI for delay in suspending two absconding police officers and warned of contempt action.
Supreme Court: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought clarification from the CBI and the Madhya Pradesh government on the delay in the arrest of two policemen involved in the death of a 24 -year -old youth. A bench of Justice BV Nagaratna and Justice R Mahadevan passed the order when the CBI informed him that both the absconding officers have been arrested. The apex court said that despite the May 15 order, the officials were not arrested and the state government took action only after the contempt petition was filed and its comments. What happened in so many days? Why could you not find them? We have to make allegations of contempt against you so that you can take action. The order of the Supreme Court should not be implemented in this way. There was an order of a three -judge bench for arrest.
Next hearing on 6 November
The bench said what departmental action was taken against the two officers? Despite the order of this court that he should be arrested, he applied for advance bail? Additional Solicitor General Raja Thackeray, who appeared on behalf of the CBI during the hearing, told the court that the CBI has followed its order and both have been arrested. Uttam Singh was arrested in Indore on 27 September, while Sanjeev Singh was detained in Shivpuri on 5 October. He is currently lodged in Indore Jail. The bench also directed the state government to explain what departmental action has been taken against the two officials. The hearing of the case has now been scheduled on 6 November. The apex court was hearing the contempt petition of the deceased’s mother, alleging that the apex court was not following the May 15 order.
CBI reprimanded
On 15 May, the apex court had reprimanded the Madhya Pradesh government for not taking action against the policemen involved in alleged custody and transferred the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). After this, the apex court reprimanded the Madhya Pradesh government for not taking action against the policemen involved in alleged custody and transferred the investigation to the CBI. The outgoing investigating officer had said that he took over the case on 30 June and on July 2, he arrested a police officer, who was allegedly involved in custody, as revealed by an eyewitness. Hearing the case on 25 September, the bench reprimanded the Madhya Pradesh government and the CBI for delay in suspending two absconding police officers and warned of contempt action. It said that police officers were absconding since April but were not suspended. The CBI counsel had informed the apex court that the two officers were suspended on 1 October.
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