Govt. moves against single judge’s order
The Hindu
Quashing of FIRs against ED officers
The State government on Wednesday filed an appeal before a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court against a single judge’s order quashing the two First Information Reports (FIRs) registered by the Crime Branch (CB) against ‘unnamed officers’ of Enforcement Directorate (ED) for allegedly forcing Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, prime accused in the gold smuggling and money laundering cases, to give false statements against the Chief Minister and other government officials. The single judge had observed that the Crime Branch could not register FIRs for the offence under Section 193 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) (fabrication of false evidence), against the ED officials in view of the bar under Section 195(1)(b) of Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.PC).More Related News