Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 23: On the directions of the State High Court, 1st Additional District and Sessions Judge, Baramulla has filed a status report in the much publicized Gulmarg land scam.
The status report has been filed in the case titled State Versus Mehboob Iqbal and Others arising out of case FIR No.8/2009 VOK wherein it is submitted that Special Public Prosecutor VOK as also the respective counsel for accused have sought opportunity for arguments vis-à-vis framing of charge. It is also stated in the status report that on February, 24, 2018 the counsel for accused Mehboob Iqbal again filed separate application for summoning the documents in terms of Section 94 CrPC.
The 1st Additional District and Sessions Judge Baramulla has further submitted that pursuant to order dated June 25, 2016 Special PP VOK submitted compliance report on September 17, 2016 in the shape of communique dated September 16, 2016 addressed to Inspector General of Police, Vigilance Organization by Additional Secretary GAD reflecting/ implying that so far no decision appears to have been made in the matter by Chief Secretary.
Further Special PP VOK has been apprised to inform the court that VOK has decided not to exercise the option and the question of framing of charge has been left to be decided on the basis of material on record made available by prosecution.
It is worthwhile to mention herein that FIR No.08/2009 P/S VOK (infamous Gulmarg land scam) came to be registered in the year 2009 against high profile bureaucrats and top hoteliers of Kashmir valley for grabbing the land of Gulmarg Development Authority by getting it regularized under Roshini Act and challan in this case was presented on the intervention of the State High Court on September 25, 2012.
However, till date the matter is lingering on before the trial court on the question of framing of charge/ discharge.
The fresh Miscellaneous Petition filed by the petitioners seeking directions to the Ist Additional Sessions Judge Baramulla to expeditiously decide the matter on the question of framing of charges/discharge in the case tiled State Versus Mehboob Iqbal and Others (infamous Gulmarg land scam) came up for hearing before Division Bench of State High Court headed by Chief Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad (since retired) on March 12, 2018 and the DB after considering the submissions of Advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed appearing for the petitioners had observed in the open court that this matter shall be dealt on the Administrative side.
On the directions of the State High Court issued on administrative side, the 1st Additional District and Sessions Judge, Baramulla has filed a status report.
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