Proclaimed offender order against Param Bir Singh's co-accused in extortion case scrapped

The Bombay High Court has cancelled the proclaimed offender order former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's co-accused in an extortion case. The court said the due procedure was not followed while issuing the order.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday scrapped the ‘proclaimed offender’ order against one Vinay Singh, who was named as the co-accused in the case of extortion against former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh.

Param Bir Singh was declared a ‘proclaimed offender’ on November 18 in a case registered at Goregaon police station on the complaint of builder-cum-hotelier Bimal Agrawal. Along with Param Bir Singh, the FIR also named dismissed police officer Sachin Vaze, and four others- Sumit Singh alias Chintu, Alpesh Patel, Vinay Singh alias Babloo, and Riyaz Bhati.