Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 26: In the much publicized murder case of Sanjay Kumar alias Bakra, police filed an application seeking custody of one Deepak Kumar alias Deepu for further interrogation and for filling supplementary challan.
After hearing Special Public Prosecutor Advocate R S Kotwal appearing for the State, Principal Sessions Judge observed, “perusal of challan shows that the accused Deepak Kumar was arrested during the trial of the case and he has been charge-sheeted for offence under Section 302 RPC”.
“During the trial, several witnesses were examined by the prosecution. The accused was arrested on February 19, 2011 and since then the prosecution has slept over the matter”, the court said, adding “police is seeking custody of the accused Deepak Kumar on the ground that he is alleged to have been converted the weapon of offence, a double barrel gun into short gun and the same was recovered from the place of occurrence”.
“Looking into the facts and the circumstances of the case, the accused is required to be interrogated and the same can be done only when he is in judicial custody”, the court said and directed SHO Police Station Bhau Fort to go to the Central Jail Kot-Bhalwal and conduct the interrogation of the accused Deepak Kumar.
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