The Supreme Court expressed sturdy displeasure yesterday over the police remand of a Gujarat businessman, regardless of the courtroom having granted him anticipatory bail. Angered by the Surat Police’s determination to detain the businessman, the SC issued a contempt of courtroom discover to the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) of the state, together with police officers and the Additional Chief Magistrate chargeable for authorizing the remand. The apex courtroom additionally requested whether or not the Gujarat follows a special legislation. The courtroom requested the involved officers to look earlier than the courtroom with ‘luggage and baggage’ on January 29.
A bench comprising Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta was visibly angered in the course of the listening to of a plea filed by Tusharbhai Rajnikantbhai Shah, a Surat resident accused in a dishonest case. The Supreme Court had beforehand granted him interim anticipatory bail on December 8, 2023. Justice Mehta questioned the blatant disregard for the courtroom’s order, stating that the Surat police’s transfer to take the businessman into custody was a gross contempt of the Court’s order. The courtroom additionally requested how might the Investigating Officer (IO) dare to hunt the remand regardless of anticipatory bail?
Reacting to the businessman spending 4 days in police custody, the apex courtroom mentioned ‘let the Magistrate and the IO be inside for 4 days’. Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing the state, tried to alleviate tensions by providing an apology. He acknowledged that the Investigating Officer (IO) had made a major error, and he sought to handle the state of affairs by expressing remorse earlier than the courtroom.
Asked concerning the CCTV footage, Additional Solicitor General S V Raju mentioned that cameras weren’t working. To this, the courtroom famous that this was anticipated. “It’s intentional. The cameras may not have been working for those four days. The police may not have marked his (Shah’s) presence in the police station diary. This is sheer abuse of power,” mentioned the courtroom.
The Supreme Court then requested the Additional Solicitor General to convey everybody to the courtroom on January 29 with all their ‘luggage and baggage’ saying that the courtroom will determine the matter on January 29 itself.
