No Arrest: Supreme Court Extends Relief To Mumbai Ex Police Commissioner
NDTV
Supreme Court observed that the probe against Param Bir Singh, suspended from the Mumbai Police over allegations of misconduct, be carried out by any other agency and not the state police.
There was further relief for Param Bir Singh, Mumbai's former Commissioner of Police, as the Supreme Court ordered today that while the investigation against him will continue no chargesheet can be filed against the former top cop and he cannot be arrested in criminal cases filed against him, until further orders.
The top court observed that the probe against Mr Singh, suspended from the Mumbai Police over allegations of misconduct, be carried out by any other agency and not the state police, however it added that the Maharashtra police can continue its probe in the FIR against him for now.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, or the CBI, says it is ready to take up the case. "If case is entrusted to us we are ready," Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the CBI, told the top court.
The court, in turn, has asked the CBI to file an affidavit in a week to state on record if it is ready to investigate the matter.
