Delhi court raps CBI for ‘incomplete’ report on leak

Acting on the petition of Devendra Gupta,an accused in Ajmer Sharif blast case,that the leak of the statement made under Section 164 of CrPC by media amounted to denial of his right to fair trial and an interference in judicial process,the court on February 4 had asked the agency to “explain the circumstances under which the leak took place”.

The CBI in its two-page report on Tuesday claimed that Gupta was trying to defame and distract the agency by moving a frivolous application as it is in the process of zeroing in on key conspirators. “Aseemanand was held by the CBI on November 19,2010… on December 16 he expressed the desire to make a voluntary disclosure…CBI took him to court and he was remanded to judicial custody till December 18…on December 18 he was produced before the MM court and proceedings continued till late evening…on December 20,CBI prayed for a certified copy of the statement,” said the report.

Gupta’s counsel Anupam Sharma said: “We demanded a reply about the leak from the CBI director. How the IO (Balaji),who is an accused in the case,can submit the response?”