2 min readAhmedabadDec 19, 2018 01:51 AM IST
First published on: Dec 19, 2018 at 01:51 AM IST
Under this section, during trial, the court has the power to summon other persons as accused if any evidence appears against them. (Representational)
A WITNESS, who had earlier deposed before the special court in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case, on Tuesday sought to be re-examined in the court, claiming that during his deposition in October, the prosecutor did not produce his statement recorded before a magistrate, naming two Gujarat policemen, who were discharged in the case.
In an application filed before the special court on Tuesday, Gujarat-based businessman Mahendra Singh Zala sought for his statement to be made available to the court as evidence, based on which, the court may consider summoning two discharged policemen — IPS officer D G Vanzara and Gujarat policeman Abhay Chudasama — as accused. Zala’s application, however, comes after the court has concluded proceedings and reserved judgment.
On October 23, 2010, Zala, who owns a petrol pump in Gujarat, had told the court that Gujarat policemen had taken money from him after implicating him in a false case in 2005. The court, however, had not recorded this submission, stating that it did not relate to the present case.
Special Public Prosecutor B P Raju had then asked Zala whether his statement was recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code before a magistrate, which has a higher evidence value. While Zala said that it was in 2010, Raju neither showed him the statement nor asked him to identify the document. “At that time, I had asked the public prosecutor to produce my statement recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code and give me a copy and have it exhibited. He did not do this,” Zala said.
He added that in his statement recorded in Mumbai in 2010, he made specific allegations against Vanzara and Chudasama. “This evidence would enable the court to have full facts before it and follow up with proceedings under Section 319 of the CrPC,” the application said. Under this section, during trial, the court has the power to summon other persons as accused if any evidence appears against them.
Under this section, during trial, the court has the power to summon other persons as accused if any evidence appears against them. (Representational)
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