From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a plea seeking transfer of the Sidhu Mooewala murder case from Punjab Police to the CBI and said it does not ppreciate giving political colour to such matters.
The petition was filed by Punjab BJP leader Jagjit Singh for transfer of the case to CBI for investigation. The Court said it was not shown any fault in the Punjab Police investigation.
The hearing on another petition by accused Lawrence Bishnoi’s father contesting the transit remand to Punjab police was postponed to July 18 and the Punjab state was requested to file a response to the petition. Senior attorney AM Singhvi represented Punjab, while senior attorney Vikram Chaudhri represented the mobster Lawrence Bishnoi’s father.
On June 14, the Delhi Patiala House Court approved both the Punjab Police’s request for transit and the arrest of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in connection with the murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala. The court further ordered Punjab Police to make sure that Lawrence Bishnoi’s medical checkup followed all applicable laws and regulations before he left Delhi and before he appeared before the relevant CJM, Mansa, Punjab court.
In granting the Punjab Police’s requests, the Delhi court had previously stated that “the applicant Investigation Officer/SP Dharamveer Singh and the investigating agency were directed to take all the appropriate measures for safety and security of the accused Lawrence Bishnoi during transit until production of the accused Lawrence Bishnoi before the concerned Court at Mansa, Punjab.”
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