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Stop summon proceedings against Vedantham, rules HC


Wednesday January 19 2005 00:00 IST


CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) attached to the Vishnu-Kanchi Police in Kancheepuram to stop the summon proceedings against Vishwa Hindu Parishad international vice-president S Vedantham till January 20.

Justice M Chockalingam passed the interim order while admitting a criminal original petition from Vedantham seeking to quash the summons dated January 13, 2005, of the Special Investigation Team, headed by Additional Superintendent of Police, issued in connection with the Sankararaman murder case.

According to petitioner, summons, issued under Section 160 of Cr.PC, was served on him at about 7.30 a.m. on January 12 by a constable attached to the SIT directing him to appear before it at 11 a.m. the same day.

As the petitioner did not appear, the SIT issued another summons the very next day under Sec. 161 Cr.PC.

Advocate A Natarajan argued that the summons was not in accordance with Sec 160 of the Cr.PC.

The section did not empower the Special Investigation Team, situated within the limits of Vishnu Kanchi Police Station, to issue summons to persons living outside its limits. Since Vedantham was living outside the jurisdiction of the police station, the issuance of the summons was violative of the Section.

He also pointed out that the summons was served in the morning and asked Vedantham to make his appearance within a short period.

It showed that the investigating officer was not having a reasonable approach and it exhibited arbitrariness.

The intention was to harass the well-wishers, devotees and sympathisers and to refrain them from extending any support to the Mutt, he contended.



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