Jharkhand Police on Thursday arrested two people, auto driver Lakhan Verma and his assistant Rahul Verma, in this case.
The Jharkhand government has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged murder of Additional District Judge Uttam Anand in Dhanbad. The CBI can take over the investigation after the issuance of the notification under the DoPT.
The Supreme Court on Friday took cognizance of the “tragic demise” of a judge in the “horrific incident” of being allegedly run over by a vehicle during his morning walk in Dhanbad on July 28 and sought a status report within a week. Jharkhand Chief Secretary and DGP are investigating the incident.
Making it clear that the proceedings would continue before the Jharkhand High Court to oversee the investigation into the death of the judicial officer, a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana said it would take suo motu cognizance of the cases as incidents of attacks on judicial officers. has been Officers and legal fraternity are taking place across the country.
The bench said that keeping in view the incidents of attacks against judicial officers and lawyers taking place across the country, it thought it appropriate to take suo motu cognizance of the matter as the issue required a detailed investigation.
“We direct the Jharkhand Chief Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) to submit a report in a week’s time on the status of investigation on the tragic demise of Additional District and Sessions Judge Uttam Anand,” the bench said. Is. Surya Kant.
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The bench said that it is concerned with “larger issues like the nature of the incident and the steps taken by the state governments for the safety of judicial officers inside and outside the court premises”.
The bench sought the presence of the Advocate General of Jharkhand during the hearing of the matter next week and said it would then consider the issue of issuing notices to other states.
The matter, which will now be taken up for hearing next week, has been titled “In Re Safeguarding Courts and Protecting Judges (Death of Additional Sessions Judge, Dhanbad)”.
On Thursday, the apex court said that the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court has already taken up the matter relating to the alleged murder of a judicial officer, when senior advocate and SCBA president Vikas Singh referred to the matter and said it was a “shameless act”. attack”. independence of the judiciary.
CCTV footage showed that Dhanbad Court District and Sessions Judge-8 Uttam Anand was jogging on one side of a very wide road at Randhir Verma Chowk in the early hours of Wednesday when a heavy auto rickshaw came towards him, hitting him from behind. Killed and fled. Scene.
Locals took him to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday ordered a SIT probe into Anand’s death, headed by Additional Director General of Police Sanjay Latkar, after taking cognizance of a letter filed before the court by the Principal District Judge of Dhanbad in the matter.
The Chief Justice of the High Court, Ravi Ranjan, converted it into a writ petition and ordered the formation of an SIT. He said that the CJI had spoken to him in the matter and expressed confidence that a fair investigation would be conducted in the matter.
The high court said it will monitor the investigation and seek updates from the SIT from time to time.
The High Court had said that if at any point of time the court felt that the investigation was not going in the right direction, the matter would be handed over to the CBI.
Jharkhand Police on Thursday arrested two people, auto driver Lakhan Verma and his assistant Rahul Verma, in this case.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Dhanbad, Sanjeev Kumar said that the arrests were made after the recovery of the three-wheeler involved in the incident, the three-wheeler recovered from Giridih has been registered in the name of a woman.
(With inputs from PTI)
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