{"id":31118,"date":"2013-12-15T14:14:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T08:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31118"},"modified":"2013-12-15T14:14:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T08:44:31","slug":"ponty-chadha-case-police-officer-knew-conspiracy-says-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ponty-chadha-case-police-officer-knew-conspiracy-says-lawyer","title":{"rendered":"Ponty Chadha case: Police officer knew of conspiracy, says lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ponty.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31119\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ponty-chadha-case-police-officer-knew-conspiracy-says-lawyer\/ponty\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/ponty.jpg?fit=266%2C189&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"266,189\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ponty\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/ponty.jpg?fit=266%2C189&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31119\" alt=\"ponty\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ponty.jpg?resize=266%2C189&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"266\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/ponty.jpg?w=266&amp;ssl=1 266w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/ponty.jpg?resize=150%2C106&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a>A senior Delhi Police officer was aware of the conspiracy being hatched to trespass into a farmhouse in south Delhi where a shootout took place Nov 17, 2012, leading to the death of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep, a lawyer told the court Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Defence lawyer K K. Manan told Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav that a senior police official was in touch with Hardeep.<\/p>\n<p>However, he did not disclose the name of the officer but claimed that a day before the shootout, on Nov 16, 2012, the police officer had a meeting with Hardeep and a politician who was then a minister.<\/p>\n<p>Concluding the argument on framing of charges, Manan added that there may be a possibility of a conspiracy hatched by Hardeep to trespass into the farmhouse with the connivance of the police and the minister.<\/p>\n<p>Police had alleged that a conspiracy to kill Hardeep was hatched by the then Uttarakhand minorities commission chairman S.S. Namdhari and other accused, arrested in connection with the killing of the Chadha brothers.<\/p>\n<p>The court after hearing the argument, posted to Dec 21 its order on framing of charges against Namdhari and the other 21 accused.<\/p>\n<p>The Crime Branch had arrested Namdhari, his PSO Sachin Tyagi and others for their alleged role in the shootout.<\/p>\n<p>However, the trial against Ponty and Hardeep has been abated as they both died in the shootout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior Delhi Police officer was aware of the conspiracy being hatched to trespass into a farmhouse in south Delhi where a shootout took place Nov 17, 2012, leading to the death of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep, a lawyer told the court Saturday. Defence lawyer K K. 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