Ishrat Jahan case: CBI court rejects bail of accused cop

A special CBI court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police N.K. Amin in which he had contented that the charge sheet filed by CBI in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case was incomplete.

Additional chief judicial magistrate S H Khutwad of the special CBI court rejected the application, saying that the applicant had filed default bail plea within 90 days whereas, according to section 167 (2) of CrPC, the default bail plea has to be filed after 90 days and that too, in case the charge sheet is not filed.

Guilty should be punished, facts are facts: Shinde on Ishrat Jahan case

NEW DELHI: A day after CBI told a court in Ahmedabad that it is probing the role of IB officers in Ishrat Jahan case, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday said those guilty of carrying out the alleged fake encounter should be punished.

"Facts are facts. Guilty should be punished," Shinde told when asked to comment on CBI's submission to the court.

Shinde's statement bears significance as home ministry officials have been maintaining that there was not enough evidence against Intelligence Bureau special director Rajendra Kumar and three others in the alleged fake encounter case.

Ishrat Jahan case: PP Pandey’s plea dismissed, declared absconder

Ahemdabad: The Gujarat High Court on Monday rejected former Gujarat IPS officer PP Pandey’s plea to quash the FIR registered against him in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.

The High Court, while rejecting Pandey’s plea, also declared him an absconder in the 2004 fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and three others.

Earlier this month, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of the special CBI court HS Khutwad had passed an order proclaiming Additional DGP (Crime) PP Pandey an absconder under section 82 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).