The Gujarat High Court Wednesday issued notices to eight accused in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case who challenged co-accused and former police official N.K. Amin’s plea to turn an approver.<\/p>\n
Justice Akil Kureshi ordered the notices to be issued after a designated Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Aug 26 referred suspended deputy superintendent of police Amin’s plea to the high court to decide its constitutional validity.<\/p>\n
Amin’s co-accused challenged the jurisdiction of the CBI court to accept his plea to turn an approver.<\/p>\n
CBI court Judge A.Y. Dave referred the issue to the high court, stating that the designated court did not have the powers to decide the constitutional validity of Amin’s plea.<\/p>\n
Opposing Amin’s bargain plea seeking pardon, the other accused’s lawyer S.B. Vakil said that the CBI court did not have the jurisdiction to record Amin’s statement.<\/p>\n
Judge Dave said that further hearing would take place in the case after the high court’s ruling.<\/p>\n
Eight co-accused, including suspended Indian Police Service officers D.G. Vanzara, Rajkumar Pandian and Dinesh M.N. raised objections to Amin’s application.<\/p>\n
Amin was serving in the city crime branch before being arrested in 2007 in connection with Sheikh’s killing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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