{"id":41540,"date":"2016-02-19T19:30:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41540"},"modified":"2016-02-20T03:36:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T22:06:59","slug":"plea-in-delhi-hc-against-bassi-for-influencing-jnu-case-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-in-delhi-hc-against-bassi-for-influencing-jnu-case-probe","title":{"rendered":"Plea in Delhi HC against Bassi for &#8220;influencing&#8221; JNU case probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37543\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Delhi-Police-Commissioner.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37543\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37543\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-commissioner-directed-to-take-action-against-erring-cops\/delhi-police-commissioner\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Delhi-Police-Commissioner.png?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"268,188\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Delhi Police Commissioner\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Delhi Police Commissioner &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Delhi Police Commissioner &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Delhi-Police-Commissioner.png?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Delhi-Police-Commissioner.png?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37543 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Delhi-Police-Commissioner.png?resize=268%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Plea in Delhi HC against Bassi for &quot;influencing&quot; JNU case probe\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plea in Delhi HC against Bassi for &#8220;influencing&#8221; JNU case probe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A petition filed in Delhi High Court on Friday accused city Police Commissioner B S Bassi of \u201cinfluencing\u201d the probe in the sedition case against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and alleged that the police chief was \u201cplaying at the hands\u201d of certain political parties.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The petition, which is likely to come up for hearing on Monday, alleged that Bassi\u2019s statement to media that the police would not oppose Kanhaiya\u2019s bail plea, may influence fair and transparent investigation in the matter as well as court proceedings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It also claimed that police was \u201cplaying at the hands of some political parties under whom Delhi Police is working\u201d and said Bassi should be directed to clear his views on the statements given by him to the media on February 16 and 17.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In his petition, city lawyer Satish Pandey claimed that the investigating officer cannot probe the case fairly in such a case when \u201cundue influential pressure\u201d is imposed by a high -ranking official like the police commissioner.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It also referred to Bassi\u2019s statement in which the police chief has said they were not giving a clean chit to Kanhaiya.<\/div>\n<div>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A petition filed in Delhi High Court on Friday accused city Police Commissioner B S Bassi of \u201cinfluencing\u201d the probe in the sedition case against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and alleged that the police chief was \u201cplaying at the hands\u201d of certain political parties. 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