09-28-2011, 05:55 AM
[url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Cant-pick-and-choose-arrests-Judge-to-cops/articleshow/10149341.cms"][size="3"]Can't pick and choose arrests: Judge to cops[/size][/url]
NEW DELHI: A special court on Tuesday slammed police for arresting only some of the accused in the cash-for-vote scam - a ground which former Advani aide Sudheendra Kulkarni cited in his favour during his arguments for bail.
"They (prosecution) have no justification for arresting 2-3 accused and leaving behind others. They cannot pick and choose," said special judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal. She denied bail to Kulkarni and ordered that he be taken into judicial custody till October 1 after which the court is to hear his regular bail plea. The court also reserved for Wednesday its order on the regular bail plea of Amar Singh who is out of jail on interim bail, which too was extended till Wednesday.
Kulkarni had not appeared before the court on two previous dates despite summons to him as he had been travelling in the US. Seeking interim bail, Kulkarni said he was a "whistleblower" in the case.
On the court's query as to why he did not inform the law enforcement agencies immediately after the BJP MPs were approached for their votes in lieu of bribe to influence outcome of the confidence vote, the lawyer said, "I (Kulkarni) did not inform because I wanted to expose it in the Lok Sabha." The court also heard the arguments of Amar Singh. His counsel referred to AIIMS's latest medical report on Singh to claim that his client was not well and deserved to be granted bail on health grounds as even after two weeks of treatment, his vital parameters were not stabilizing. At this, the judge said as per the report, Singh needed constant monitoring, which he is receiving in hospital. "You need to be monitored and it is the doctors who would monitor his (Amar Singh) health condition. Is it so that he would be monitored at home only," the judge asked.
NEW DELHI: A special court on Tuesday slammed police for arresting only some of the accused in the cash-for-vote scam - a ground which former Advani aide Sudheendra Kulkarni cited in his favour during his arguments for bail.
"They (prosecution) have no justification for arresting 2-3 accused and leaving behind others. They cannot pick and choose," said special judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal. She denied bail to Kulkarni and ordered that he be taken into judicial custody till October 1 after which the court is to hear his regular bail plea. The court also reserved for Wednesday its order on the regular bail plea of Amar Singh who is out of jail on interim bail, which too was extended till Wednesday.
Kulkarni had not appeared before the court on two previous dates despite summons to him as he had been travelling in the US. Seeking interim bail, Kulkarni said he was a "whistleblower" in the case.
On the court's query as to why he did not inform the law enforcement agencies immediately after the BJP MPs were approached for their votes in lieu of bribe to influence outcome of the confidence vote, the lawyer said, "I (Kulkarni) did not inform because I wanted to expose it in the Lok Sabha." The court also heard the arguments of Amar Singh. His counsel referred to AIIMS's latest medical report on Singh to claim that his client was not well and deserved to be granted bail on health grounds as even after two weeks of treatment, his vital parameters were not stabilizing. At this, the judge said as per the report, Singh needed constant monitoring, which he is receiving in hospital. "You need to be monitored and it is the doctors who would monitor his (Amar Singh) health condition. Is it so that he would be monitored at home only," the judge asked.