New Delhi: CBI has given this information Supreme court that it has filed an FIR against the former Kerala DGP Sibi Mathews and others, in an alleged conspiracy to frame ISRO Scientist Nambi Narayanan In an espionage case in 1994.
The agency filed a status report after the apex court ordered a CBI probe in April to probe the role played by the police in framing Narayanan.
On Monday, a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar said: “It is mentioned in the report after examining the relevant aspects, FIR has been registered. Now the law has to take its course.”
Advocate Amit Sharma, counsel for Mathews and Kaleeswaram Raj, counsel for another accused, submitted that the report of Justice DK Jain Committee has not been shared with the accused. He argued that the refusal to share the report by the CBI was creating bias in the accused in availing their statutory remedies and argued that the central probe agency was relying on the report in the FIR.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, informed the top court that the FIR would be uploaded during the day. A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna also said that the CBI cannot proceed on the basis of the report of the panel headed by former apex court judge DK Jain, constituted in September 2018 to probe the matter.
“The report itself cannot be a ground to proceed against the defendants or persons named as accused in the FIR lodged by the CBI,” the bench said. It further said, “The CBI has decided to proceed with the matter and further steps should be taken as per law.”
The apex court had on April 15 ordered the CBI to probe the role of Kerala police officers in framing Narayanan in the 1994 espionage case. The court had accepted the report submitted by a panel headed by former apex court judge DK Jain. The top court said that the matter is very serious and needs a CBI inquiry.
The bench had asked the then acting CBI director to take charge of the case and treat the inquiry report given by the Justice Jain panel as the preliminary inquiry report to conduct further investigation into the matter and to report to the CBI on its investigation in three was asked to enter. month.
The top court had ordered that the panel’s report be kept confidential in a sealed cover.
The agency filed a status report after the apex court ordered a CBI probe in April to probe the role played by the police in framing Narayanan.
On Monday, a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar said: “It is mentioned in the report after examining the relevant aspects, FIR has been registered. Now the law has to take its course.”
Advocate Amit Sharma, counsel for Mathews and Kaleeswaram Raj, counsel for another accused, submitted that the report of Justice DK Jain Committee has not been shared with the accused. He argued that the refusal to share the report by the CBI was creating bias in the accused in availing their statutory remedies and argued that the central probe agency was relying on the report in the FIR.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, informed the top court that the FIR would be uploaded during the day. A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna also said that the CBI cannot proceed on the basis of the report of the panel headed by former apex court judge DK Jain, constituted in September 2018 to probe the matter.
“The report itself cannot be a ground to proceed against the defendants or persons named as accused in the FIR lodged by the CBI,” the bench said. It further said, “The CBI has decided to proceed with the matter and further steps should be taken as per law.”
The apex court had on April 15 ordered the CBI to probe the role of Kerala police officers in framing Narayanan in the 1994 espionage case. The court had accepted the report submitted by a panel headed by former apex court judge DK Jain. The top court said that the matter is very serious and needs a CBI inquiry.
The bench had asked the then acting CBI director to take charge of the case and treat the inquiry report given by the Justice Jain panel as the preliminary inquiry report to conduct further investigation into the matter and to report to the CBI on its investigation in three was asked to enter. month.
The top court had ordered that the panel’s report be kept confidential in a sealed cover.
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