The court noted there should be an independent inquiry into the matter, so the CBI has been asked to investigating this matter and submit its primary report in 15 days.
Mumbai| The Bombay High Court has ordered the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry in 15 days in the case of a plea by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. The court said that the allegations are not trivial and are levelled on the state home minister, so the police cannot investigate them impartially. The court gave this order on the PIL of Dr Jayashree Laxmanrao Patil.
CBI to investigate this case without FIR
The court while delivering the verdict said – “The whole matter is revolving around the FIR. Jayashree Patil tried to get the FIR registered at the police station, but her FIR was not registered. We will not talk about other issues right now. We agree that this is an unprecedented case. Anil Deshmukh is the Home Minister who leads the Police Department. There should be an independent inquiry into the matter, so the CBI is presently investigating this matter without registering an FIR and submitting its primary report in 15 days.”
Bombay High Court has asked the CBI director to conduct a preliminary inquiry within 15 days and to register an FIR if any cognizable offence is found: Petitioner Dr Jaishri Patil https://t.co/eCgxRuepwN pic.twitter.com/VRTEzDXQBA
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2021
Param Bir Singh Had filed a similar plea
In another petition related to this case, Param Bir Singh made serious allegations of corruption on Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. The petition demanded a CBI inquiry against Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Also, the order to transfer from the post of former Mumbai Police Commissioner has also been challenged. Earlier, Parambir Singh had filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking a CBI inquiry against Anil Deshmukh, which was rejected by the Supreme Court and asked him to go to the Bombay High Court.
The court had previously reprimanded Dr Jayashree Patil
However, the High Court had earlier reprimanded Jayashree over her plea. A bench of Justice SS Shinde had said, “We think that such petitions are filed for cheap publicity.”
“You say that you are a doctorate in Criminology, but show us a single paragraph drafted on your behalf. The entire petition is based on a paragraph extracted from a letter (Parambir Singh’s letter to the CM). Where is your original demand in this? Where are your points? ” the Court asked. To this, Advocate Patil said that she had gone to the police earlier with a complaint, but there was no action.
The court also pulled up Param Bir Singh
During the hearing, the High Court had reprimanded Parambir Singh, saying, “You are not an ordinary man. It was your responsibility to lodge a complaint against wrongdoing. Despite knowing that your boss is committing a crime, you remain silent.” The High Court had asked how a CBI inquiry can be ordered without registering any complaint with the police. The court had asked that why did he not file a police complaint against the Home Minister?
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