SC to hear Teesta Setalvad’s bail plea today

India

oi-Prakash KL

New
Delhi,
Aug
25:
Supreme
Courtroom
on
Thursday
will
hear
the
bail
plea
of
Teesta
Setalvad,
who
was
arrested
for
alleged
fabrication
of
proof
and
tutoring
of
witnesses
in
Gujarat
riots
instances.

On
Monday,
Supreme
Courtroom
issued
a
discover
to
Gujarat
authorities
on
a
plea
of
Setalvad
in search of
interim
bail
the
riot
case.
Stating
that
he
had
represented
some
of
the
accused
in
the
Sohrabuddin
homicide
case,
Justice
Lalit
requested
whether or not
he
counsel
has
any
objection
to
listening to
this
case,
Kapil
Sibal,
showing
for
Teesta,
mentioned
“no”.
Then,
the
bench,
additionally
comprising
Justices
S
Ravindra
Bhat
and
Sudhanshu
Dhulia,
began
listening to
the
case.

SC
points
discover
to
Gujarat
govt
on
Teesta
Setalvad’s
interim
bail
plea

Drawing
the
court docket’s
consideration
in the direction of
to
the
FIR
towards
Setalvad,
Sibal
mentioned,
the
allegations
in
the
FIR
are
pure
recitation
of
proceedings
which
occurred
and
culminated
earlier than
the
apex
court docket,
in accordance
to
Dwell
Legislation.
“We
situation
discover.
Returnable
on
Thursday.
Serve
State
of
Gujarat
standing
counsel.
Then
we
will
contemplate
interim
reduction
even
when
matter
is
pending
in
Excessive
Courtroom,”
Bar
and
Bench
quoted
the
judges
as
saying.

On
August
3,
the
Gujarat
Excessive
Courtroom
issued
discover
to
the
state
authorities
on
the
plea
and
had
fastened
the
matter
for
listening to
on
September
19.

Earlier than
this,
on
July
30,
a
periods
court docket
in
Ahmedabad
rejected
the
bail
functions
of
Setalvad
and
former
director
basic
of
police
R
B
Sreekumar
in
the
case,
saying
their
launch
will
ship
a
message
to
wrongdoers
that
a
particular person
can
degree
allegations
with
impunity
and
get
away
with
it.

Setalvad
and
Sreekumar,
who
was
additionally
arrested
in
June,
are
accused
of
fabricating
proof
to
body
“harmless
individuals”
in
the
post-Godhra
riot
instances.

Former
IPS
officer
Sanjiv
Bhatt,
the
third
accused
in
the
case,
has
not
utilized
for
bail.
Bhatt
was
already
in
jail
for
one other
felony
matter
when
he
was
arrested
in
this
case.