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Shehla case: Judicial custody of four accused extended
AGENCIES | Indore, April 3, 2012 18:08
Tags : Shehla Masood murder case | Judicial custody accused extended | prime accused Zahida Pervez | RTI activist |
Tags : Shehla Masood murder case | Judicial custody accused extended | prime accused Zahida Pervez | RTI activist |
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A special CBI court here on Tuesday extended till April 11 the judicial custody of prime accused Zahida Pervez and three others in connection with the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case.
The Bhopal-based interior designer Zahida, her assistant Saba Farooqui and two alleged shooters Shaikb 'Danger' and Irfan were produced before the special CBI court of judicial magistrate Dr Shubhra Singh.
As soon as the proceedings began, the defence counsel of BJP MLA Dhruvnarayan Singh whose name also figured in the murder case, filed a petition saying the court was "misled" by CBI on the polygraph test conducted on him.
Referring to the petition, senior public prosecutor Hemant Shukla told reporters that "the special CBI court has neither accepted it nor rejected it".
When asked about the content of the petition filed by defence counsel Pradeep Gupta on the behalf of the legislator, Shukla said "it was the proceeding matter and can not be divulged as the court neither accepted nor rejected it".
Meanwhile, the court dismissed the petition filed by one of the accused Shakib'a wife Noorjahan who alleged that CBI was "torturing" her husband in its custody.
Reacting to the denial by the alleged sharp shooter Tabish Khan in making statement under section 164 of CrPc in connection with the murder of the 32-year-old activist, Shukla said,"it is the willingness of the accused...CBI can not force him to make a statement".
Shehla was shot dead outside her residence at posh Koh-e-Fiza locality in Bhopal on 16 August 2011.
Later talking to reporters, the defence counsel said he moved the petition because the CBI "misled" the court by deferring the polygraph test of Dhruvnarayan Singh to March 25 from March 14.
"The CBI has deferred the polygraph test of my client (Dhruvnarayan) as he was unable to undergo the test due to illness on March 14. But the CBI did not mention it and conducted the test on March 25. My objection is why the CBI did not tell the truth to the court that it deferred (the test)", Gupta said.
The four accused along with alleged sharp shooter Tabish Khan will be produced before the special court on April 11 for further hearing, he added.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
