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| Court rejects bail of approver in alleged Pakharpur encounter' case | | | Et Report
Jammu, Feb 21 (JNF):: In a much publicized alleged Pukharpur encounter case which was transferred from Budgam to Jammu Court on the direction of Supreme Court of India, Principal Sessions Judge Jammu Kartar Singh rejected the bail application of Waris Shah then Sub Inspector (SI) Special Operation Group (SOG). Principal Sessions Judge Jammu Kartar Singh after hearing Sr Adv Sunil Sethi for the accused whereas Public Prosecutor for the state observed it is no doubt true that clause (b) of S. 306(4) directs that the approver shall not be set at liberty till the termination of the trial against the accused persons and the detention of the approver in custody must end with the trial. With these observations Court rejected the bail application. According to police case that on the intervening night of June 1/2 1999, following specific information about the presence of militants in the village Pakharpur, Budgam. The members of the SOG reached the spot where an encounter took place and one of the member of the SOG received the Gun-shot injury while an unidentified body along with AK rifle/ ammunitions recovered. However on a media report, the State Human Right Commission took suo-moto cognizance and enquired into the matter and finally recommended registration of murder case against the members of the SOG. The deceased in this case was a hardcore militant, who was wanted by the police in number of cases. Crime Branch on September 20, 2003 registered a case u/s 302/120-B against the members of the SOG team Pakharpur. |
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