The Delhi excessive court docket on Thursday requested Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav to look earlier than the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on March 25 within the nationwide Capital, after the company informed the court docket that it gained’t arrest the legislator within the alleged land for job case.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma recorded the submission of the CBI counsel DP Singh who stated that Tejashwi could seem bodily this month and the company isn’t going to arrest him.
Following this, the counsel for Yadav stated he’ll seem on March 25.
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“We now have stated that CBI won’t arrest him this month and he’ll seem at CBI headquarters,” the excessive court docket stated in an oral order.
Tejashwi had moved excessive court docket difficult the summons issued to him by CBI within the alleged land for jobs case involving his father Lalu Prasad Yadav and different officers.
In the course of the listening to, advocate Maninder Singh for Tejashwi informed the court docket, the finances session of the Bihar meeting is ongoing and can finish on April 5, solely after which his consumer can come for questioning.
He additional stated that because of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) raid a couple of days again, the situation of Yadav’s pregnant spouse had deteriorated and she or he was admitted to the hospital.
The counsel additionally informed the court docket that Yadav may be a part of the interrogation over video conferencing and he’ll seem bodily after April 5.
The CBI counsel insisted on Yadav’s private look on any of the weekend and stated the chargesheet is prepared, the court docket stated, “He’s a minister… you’ll be able to name him after April 5 as soon as the session is over”.
Tejashwi’s counsel informed the court docket that he has a fear that his consumer might be arrested when referred to as by the company as that they had equally achieved with one other accused.
Because the CBI counsel assured the court docket that the company wouldn’t impact arrest, the court docket disposed off the plea and requested Yadav to look on March 25.
The CBI has filed a chargesheet within the land-for-jobs case in opposition to Prasad, Rabri Devi and 14 others below fees of felony conspiracy and provisions of the prevention of corruption act.
The company has alleged that in Prasad’s tenure because the railway minister within the UPA authorities from 2004 to 2009, favorite candidates have been appointed within the railways in violation of norms and procedures.
These appointments have been allegedly made with none commercial or public discover.
Some residents of Patna have been appointed as substitutes in numerous zonal railways positioned in Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hazipur, the CBI has alleged.
In his plea, Tejashwi stated that the allegations within the current case is in opposition to his father Lalu Prasad Yadav and different officers, and he had no reference to the alleged offence as he was a minor then.
Tejashwi has skipped the CBI summons thrice after he was given discover to look for questioning within the alleged case on February 28, March 4 and March 11 respectively.
In his plea, Tejashwi stated the summons have been in contravention of part 160 of the code of felony process (CrPC) , which requires {that a} police officer can solely summon an individual being throughout the limits of his personal or adjoining police station.
Apart from searching for quashing of the summons, Tejashwi has additionally sought a course to permit his lawyer to remain in seen distance from him, if not audible distance.