Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, who was declared absconding in a money laundering case related to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, was on Thursday denied protection from arrest by the Supreme Court.
In response to Singh’s request for protection against arrest, the SC asked his lawyer about his whereabouts. “First of all, we need to know where are you? Are you in India or outside? Your petition cannot be heard without information.”
Singh was declared a ‘proclaimed offender’ along with two others linked to the case. The Supreme Court refused to grant him protection in light of his absence from the court and adjourned the hearing to November 22. An exception was made to let them apply for protection through a power of attorney.
The Supreme Court has asked absconding former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh to disclose his whereabouts and said it will hear Singh’s plea for protection from arrest only if he states in which part of the country or the world he is Is. pic.twitter.com/LXNVfN3d7G
— ANI (@ANI) November 18, 2021
On Wednesday, Special Public Prosecutor Shekhar Jagtap said that the Esplanade Court in Mumbai has accepted the application of Mumbai Police to declare former Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh as a ‘proclaimed offender’.
extortion case
Singh is involved in a money laundering case involving Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Anil Deshmukh. Deshmukh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on November 1 and was later sent to judicial custody for 14 days. Singh had accused Deshmukh of receiving a bribe of around Rs 4.7 crore from bars and restaurants.
Missing even after issuance of non-bailable warrant
The Mumbai Police’s crime branch, which is probing the case, had requested an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer to declare Singh a “fugitive”, stating that he was not traced even after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him. can go. Under Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, when a proclamation is issued by the court, the accused is required to appear before the court if the warrant issued against him has not been served. Under Section 83 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, after the issue of a proclamation, the court can order the confiscation of the property of an accused.
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