SC junks top cops plea

The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a petition by Gujarats Additional DGP,P P Pandey,who sought protection from arrest and quashing of an FIR against him in connection with the alleged 2004 fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others.

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The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a petition by Gujarats Additional DGP,P P Pandey,who sought protection from arrest and quashing of an FIR against him in connection with the alleged 2004 fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three

others.

Having heard the parties,we are not persuaded to entertain the petition under Article 32 (of the Constitution). The petition is dismissed and the petitioner may approach the High Court, said the court.

The court,at the outset of the hearing,had objected to Pandeys petition,stating he ought to have first approached the High Court.

Pandey apprehended arrest after the trial court issued an arrest warrant against him on May 2 for his repeated failure to respond to the CBI summons and present himself for inquiry. Later,the CBI had sought the help of the Gujarat Police to trace Pandey,who was alleged to be absconding.

An IPS officer of Gujarat cadre,Pandey was Joint Commissioner of Police at the City Crime Branch in 2004.

On June 15,2004,Ishrat Jahan,Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai and two others were killed in an encounter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. The CBI in its report had also accused the Gujarat Police of protecting the accused officers.

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