Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 4: Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Preet Simran K Grover today granted five days police remand of the accused in Sumit Jandiyal alias Gataru murder case.
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The accused are Harsh Singh, son of Ramesh Singh, Arun Kumar, son of Rajesh Kumar, Ajay Kumar, son of Rajesh Kumar, all of Bikram Chowk, Jammu, Abhay Singh, son of Karan Singh of Nai Basti and Raj, son of Uttam Kumar of Old Seemapuri, Delhi.
They were produced in custody by Investigating Officer Deepak Pathania, SHO of Police Station Nowabad in connection with FIR No. 14/2025 for offences under Section 103, 3(5), 49, 249 BNS, 3/25 Arms Act along with case diary with a prayer for grant of further seven days of police remand.
After perusal of the case diary, the court observed, “accused seem to have been arrested on 02.02.2025. Offences involved in the case are non-bailable in nature. Investigation is at initial stage. Medical examination reports of all the accused have also been produced. A case for grant of police remand as prayed is therefore made out”.
Accordingly, accused were remanded to police custody for a period of five days till 08.02.2025. The court directed that accused shall be medically examined before taken into police custody and thereafter they shall be medically examined after every 48 hrs.
