CHANDIGARH, June 1: An application for summoning the complainant and an ASI to verify the authenticity of a cassette enclosed with a City resident's bail plea was moved by the defence counsel, here today.The cassette, according to the defence counsel, contained wife Reena Babbar's conversation over the telephone with her sister at Nahan about implicating husband Kuldeep Babbar and his relatives in serious offences. Also allegedly recorded was ASI Harjit Singh's conversation with the complainant's brother at Jalandhar.Taking up the application, UT Judicial Magistrate (Ist Class) K.C. Garg today issued notice to the state for Tuesday. Kuldeep Babbar was earlier booked by the Chandigarh Police for alleged criminal breach of trust and subjecting his wife to cruelty on the statement of the wife, Reena Babbar. In her complaint, she had alleged maltreatment and dowry demand by her husband.The application stated that the summoning of witnesses was in the interest of justice and for the fair disposal of the bail application.
