Kerala High Court starts hearing the petition filed by Dy Director of Enforcement Directorate challenging the FIR registered by Kerala Police alleging that ED forced gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh to give statements against CM.Follow this page for live...
Kerala High Court starts hearing the petition filed by Dy Director of Enforcement Directorate challenging the FIR registered by Kerala Police alleging that ED forced gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh to give statements against CM.
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2021-03-31 06:04:14
31 March 2021 2:45 PM IST
ASG : Today a situation has arisen where the women officials have given statement contrary to court records.
31 March 2021 2:44 PM IST
ASG : Secondly, no offences have been made out. What kind of preliminary enquiry is this?
Thirdly, no court records are examined. If you examine the court records, it will be known that women officials were not present.
Then, no statements of ED officials are examined.
31 March 2021 2:43 PM IST
ASG : Why do I tell this preliminary enquiry is a sham, an eyewash.
Number 1, no accused has been identified.
31 March 2021 2:38 PM IST
ASG : They have made a show of preliminary enquiry to show they are complying with law.
31 March 2021 2:37 PM IST
ASG : Preliminary enquiry is a requirement not just of Lalitakumari decision but also of Bhajan lal decision.
31 March 2021 2:36 PM IST
ASG : How can you have a case of abetment without naming the accused? This is a bogus FIR. The preliminary enquiry is a sham, a farce.
31 March 2021 2:35 PM IST
ASG : Where is criminal conspiracy? How can you have a case of criminal conspiracy without naming the accused? I'm shocked. There has to be more than one person for conspiracy. Where is the unlawful agreement?
31 March 2021 2:34 PM IST
ASG Raju : There is no allegation of instigation. They have a case of 'threat'. "Threat' and 'Instigation' cannot go together; they are mutually exclusive.
31 March 2021 2:28 PM IST
ASG Raju submits that Section 195A is not applicable to alleged coercion of accused Swapna Suresh as it applies only to a witness giving evidence in court.
31 March 2021 2:28 PM IST
ASG Raju : Section 195A is added in the IPC to deal with hostile witness. It is applicable only to a witness. Unless a person enters the witness box, he won't be a witness. So, 195A is not applicable.