CBI Chargesheet A "Novel", Probe Not Foolproof: Court On Jharkhand Judge Death Case
NDTV
The charge sheet was filed last week under Section 302 of the IPC which is used on charges of murder.
The High Court of Jharkhand on Friday said the charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the unnatural death case of a Dhanbad district judge in July is like a "novel" and the agency failed to substantiate the murder charge against the two accused persons.
The charge sheet was filed last week under Section 302 of the IPC which is used on charges of murder.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad also observed that the investigation done by the central agency was not conclusive and no new facts have come up during its probe.
Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) initiated to monitor the probe into the 49-year-old additional district judge Uttam Anand's death after being hit by an auto-rickshaw in Dhanbad town on July 28, the bench observed that the agency has filed the charge sheet in a routine manner while keeping the high court in the dark.
