HC stays Ishrat probe report, orders action against Tamang
Guj HC stayed S P Tamang's report, which said that encounter was fake.
By PTI |
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday stayed metropolitan magistrate S P Tamang's report, which had said the police encounter that killed Ishrat Jahan and three others was fake. It also asked high court authorities to look into the action of the magistrate and take necessary action.
The Gujarat government had approached the high court on Tuesday demanding stay on the report. Justice Kalpesh Javheri while ordering the stay said observations made in the report were beyond the jurisdiction of the judicial magistrate. Justice Javheri also ordered appropriate authority of the high court to look into the actions of magistrate Tamang and take necessary action.
The next hearing of the case is fixed on September 30. However, the court has given liberty to Ishrat���s mother to produce the report before the three-member committee constituted by HC last month to investigate the encounter.
It further said the report can be considered as evidence by the committee.
The four, claimed to have been killed by the police in an encounter on the outskirts of the city on June 15, 2004 were Ishrat, Javed Ghulam Sheikh alias Pranesh Kumar Pillai, Amjad Ali alias Rajkumar Akbar Ali Rana and Jisan Johar Abdul Gani.
The Gujarat government had approached the high court on Tuesday demanding stay on the report. Justice Kalpesh Javheri while ordering the stay said observations made in the report were beyond the jurisdiction of the judicial magistrate. Justice Javheri also ordered appropriate authority of the high court to look into the actions of magistrate Tamang and take necessary action.
The next hearing of the case is fixed on September 30. However, the court has given liberty to Ishrat���s mother to produce the report before the three-member committee constituted by HC last month to investigate the encounter.
It further said the report can be considered as evidence by the committee.
The four, claimed to have been killed by the police in an encounter on the outskirts of the city on June 15, 2004 were Ishrat, Javed Ghulam Sheikh alias Pranesh Kumar Pillai, Amjad Ali alias Rajkumar Akbar Ali Rana and Jisan Johar Abdul Gani.
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