TNN | Jul 7, 2013 KANPUR: Police efforts to seek remand of four accused in passport scam suffered a jolt when additional chief metropolitan magistrate (second) on Saturday adjourned the hearing and asked thedefence counsel to conclude arguments on Monday.
Opposing the police custody remand, the defence counsels pleaded that one accused Jayant Sarkar is a government employee working as passport verification officer and the police had not sought permission or sanction from departmental officials for his arrest.
The police had earlier sought custody remand of Jayant Sarkar, Parvez, Mohit Gambhir and Sagar Saxena for interrogation. The magistrate also rejected the bail application of Zafarul Hasan.
Swaroopnagar police had raided Passport Sewa Kendra in the city on Thursday and arrested 17 persons for making fake passports. The arrested persons were Ashutosh Srivastava, Pankaj Singh, Sagar Saxena, Avinash Dixit, Shanu Sonkar, Meena Ghambhir, Mohit Gambhir, Parvez Alam, Zafrul Hasan, Jayant Sarkar and others. All the accused were presented before the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate (III) on Friday. The magistrate had granted judicial custody remand of all accused for 14 days.
The counsels for accused had pleaded that as per FIR, the accused were arrested at 9 am on Thursday and producing at 5.20 pm on Friday .As per rules, the arrested persons must be produced before nearest judicial official within 24 hours after arrest otherwise the arrest would be held illegal. The magistrate had reserved order on that application and rejected it later. The magistrate had also rejected the bail application of six accused.
Cops moved an application for police custody remand of four accused for further interrogation.
Opposing the police custody remand, the defence counsels pleaded that one accused Jayant Sarkar is a government employee working as passport verification officer and the police had not sought permission or sanction from departmental officials for his arrest.
The police had earlier sought custody remand of Jayant Sarkar, Parvez, Mohit Gambhir and Sagar Saxena for interrogation. The magistrate also rejected the bail application of Zafarul Hasan.
Swaroopnagar police had raided Passport Sewa Kendra in the city on Thursday and arrested 17 persons for making fake passports. The arrested persons were Ashutosh Srivastava, Pankaj Singh, Sagar Saxena, Avinash Dixit, Shanu Sonkar, Meena Ghambhir, Mohit Gambhir, Parvez Alam, Zafrul Hasan, Jayant Sarkar and others. All the accused were presented before the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate (III) on Friday. The magistrate had granted judicial custody remand of all accused for 14 days.
The counsels for accused had pleaded that as per FIR, the accused were arrested at 9 am on Thursday and producing at 5.20 pm on Friday .As per rules, the arrested persons must be produced before nearest judicial official within 24 hours after arrest otherwise the arrest would be held illegal. The magistrate had reserved order on that application and rejected it later. The magistrate had also rejected the bail application of six accused.
Cops moved an application for police custody remand of four accused for further interrogation.
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