{"id":33264,"date":"2014-05-12T11:28:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T05:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=33264"},"modified":"2014-05-12T11:28:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T05:58:36","slug":"1994-triple-murder-cbi-alleges-saini-tampered-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/1994-triple-murder-cbi-alleges-saini-tampered-documents","title":{"rendered":"1994 triple murder: CBI alleges Saini tampered with documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/1994-triple-murder-cbi-alleges-saini-tampered-documents\/1994-triple-murder-case\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33265\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/1994-triple-murder-cbi-alleges-saini-tampered-documents\/1994-triple-murder-case\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/1994-triple-murder-case.jpg?fit=248%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"248,186\" 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=\"1994 triple murder case\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/1994-triple-murder-case.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/1994-triple-murder-case.jpg?fit=248%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1994-triple-murder-case.jpg?resize=248%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1994 triple murder case\" width=\"248\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/1994-triple-murder-case.jpg?w=248&amp;ssl=1 248w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/1994-triple-murder-case.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a>The CBI has filed an application in a Delhi court seeking action against former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, an accused in 1994 triple murder case, for allegedly showing tampered copies of some certified documents to a prosecution witness during his examination.<br \/>\nAdvertisement<br \/>\nSpecial CBI judge A K Mendiratta asked the CBI to supply copy of its application to the accused persons and fixed the case for May 15 for their response and arguments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Though the certified copies of the public record are admissible under Section 74 of the Evidence Act, since serious allegations of tampering\/forgery of documents, already produced during cross-examination have been made by special public prosecutor for CBI, it shall be appropriate in case copy of the application is supplied to the accused to file response,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>Special public prosecutor YK Saxena, during cross- examination of prosecution witness and complainant Ashish Kumar, a relative of the victims, submitted before the court that the certified copies of documents put to the witness during cross examination on behalf of accused Saini &#8220;appear to be tampered, and necessary steps be taken as deemed fit and proper in the interest of justice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The CBI&#8217;s application was vehemently opposed by the counsel for the accused saying that it was misuse of process of law and was not maintainable.<\/p>\n<p>The case pertains to alleged involvement of Saini, the then SSP of Ludhiana, in the kidnapping and murder of three persons &#8212; Vinod Kumar, Ashok Kumar and their driver Mukhtiar Singh &#8212; in 1994 in Ludhiana.<\/p>\n<p>The CBI has alleged that the three men were murdered at the behest of Saini who had hatched a conspiracy in connivance with other accused policemen Sukh Mohinder Singh Sandhu, Paramjit Singh and Balbir Chand Tiwari to settle a personal score against the owners of Saini Motors, an automobile dealership in Punjab. Vinod and Ashok were chief financiers to Saini Motors.<\/p>\n<p>The case was registered against Saini and others on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and was transferred to Delhi by the Supreme Court in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CBI has filed an application in a Delhi court seeking action against former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, an accused in 1994 triple murder case, for allegedly showing tampered copies of some certified documents to a prosecution witness during his examination. 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