The plea of two\u00a0Zee Group editors\u00a0for a court-monitored probe in the extortion case lodged against them by Congress MP\u00a0Naveen Jindal\u00a0has been rejected by a\u00a0Delhi court\u00a0which said they cannot be allowed to “dictate” and “divert” the course of investigation.<\/p>\n
“I am of the considered opinion that there is no requirement for preservation of call details. Moreover, the accused cannot be allowed to dictate the terms of the investigation by moving such types of applications.<\/p>\n
“Accordingly, the application moved by the accused for monitoring and preservation of call details… as well as the application moved by the accused for monitoring of the investigation… are dismissed,” Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mukesh Kumar said in the order passed on February 21.<\/p>\n
The court said the plea for a court-monitored probe into a case arising out of the FIR lodged by complainant Naveen Jindal cannot be allowed.<\/p>\n
Zee News\u00a0Editor Sudhir Chaudhary and Zee Business Editor Samir Ahluwalia had moved applications seeking a court-monitored probe in the case, besides preservation of call details of various persons including Naveen Jindal.<\/p>\n
The editors had also sought a court’s direction to preserve the call records of Sita Ram Jindal, Prithvi Jindal, Ravi Mutreja, Sushil Maru, Vivek Mittal, and Rajiv Badhoria.<\/p>\n
They had alleged in their plea that the investigating officer (IO) has not conducted the probe in a fair manner and, therefore, he be directed to conduct the investigation in a fair and proper manner.<\/p>\n
The court, while dismissing the plea, also said the accused scribes were “trying to dictate the terms of the investigation to the IO through a court order” and the IO is “within his right to conduct the investigation”.<\/p>\n
Chaudhary and Ahluwalia were arrested on November 27, 2012 on a complaint by Jindal’s firm\u00a0Jindal Steel and Power Ltd\u00a0(JSPL) which had alleged they had demanded Rs 100 crore as an advertising deal for not airing negative news against the firm in connection with the coal block allocation scandal.<\/p>\n
Chaudhary and Ahluwalia were granted bail on December 17, 2012 by the court.<\/p>\n
They have been booked under section 384 (extortion), 420 (cheating), 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment) of the IPC.<\/p>\n
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