Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 17: State High Court today quashed the interim bail of Special Police Officer (SPO) Sanjeev Kumar, who had thrown acid on a young girl, and directed the Judicial Magistrate, R S Pura to consider the respondent’s application for bail on its merit and in accordance with law after hearing the petitioner and the prosecution in the matter.
The Court further directed that respondent Sanjeev Kumar be produced before the Judicial Magistrate RS Pura on July 19, 2012 for appropriate orders on his custody. The order was passed in a petition filed by Yash Pal, father of victim of acid throwing.
After hearing Advocate B L Kalgotra appearing for the father of the victim whereas Advocate Jagjeet Rai for the accused, Justice J P Singh observed, “Judicial Magistrate appears to have acted with undue haste in admitting the respondent to interim bail and that too without considering the seriousness of the allegations against him, the condition of the victim, the permanent damage stated to have been caused to her with disfiguration of parts of her body, besides the societal interests”.
With these observations, the High Court cancelled the interim bail of SPO.
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