{"id":52451,"date":"2018-04-21T11:31:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T06:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52451"},"modified":"2018-04-21T11:31:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T06:01:48","slug":"draft-final-report-prepared-sit-tells-supreme-court-sunanda-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/draft-final-report-prepared-sit-tells-supreme-court-sunanda-case","title":{"rendered":"Draft final report prepared, SIT tells Supreme Court: Sunanda case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Shashi-Tharoor-PTI-mL.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"52452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/draft-final-report-prepared-sit-tells-supreme-court-sunanda-case\/shashi-tharoor-pti-ml\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Shashi-Tharoor-PTI-mL.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"780,520\" 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=\"Shashi-Tharoor-PTI-mL\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Shashi-Tharoor-PTI-mL.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Shashi-Tharoor-PTI-mL.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52452\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Shashi-Tharoor-PTI-mL.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Shashi-Tharoor-PTI-mL.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Shashi-Tharoor-PTI-mL.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Shashi-Tharoor-PTI-mL.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Shashi-Tharoor-PTI-mL.jpg?w=780&amp;ssl=1 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The special investigation team (SIT) today told the Supreme Court that a draft final report has been prepared after conducting &#8220;thorough professional and scientific investigations&#8221; in the case relating to the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor&#8217;s wife Sunanda Pushkar.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi Police, in its affidavit filed in the apex court, has said that a draft final report has been sent to the prosecution department of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi for &#8220;legal scrutiny&#8221; and it would be filed in the concerned trial court after being vetted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The SIT, after conducting thorough professional and scientific investigations, has prepared a draft police report under section 173 of the Criminal Procedure Code and sent the same to the prosecution department of Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi for legal scrutiny,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As soon as the draft police report is received after legal vetting by the prosecution department, the same shall be submitted before the competent trial court for consideration and concomitant judicial proceedings,&#8221; the affidavit, filed by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Romil Baaniya who is supervising the SIT probe, said.<\/p>\n<p>Pushkar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a suite of a five-star hotel in Delhi on the night of January 17, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The top court had in February sought the response of Delhi Police on a plea filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into Pushkar&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>While issuing notice to the police on Swamy&#8217;s plea, a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra had left open the question of maintainability of the petition.<\/p>\n<p>Swamy had filed an appeal in the top court against Delhi High Court&#8217;s October 26 last year&#8217;s verdict dismissing his plea for a probe into Pushkar&#8217;s death by a court-monitored SIT. 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