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New India Press
HC pulls up police for 'inordinate delay' in assault case
Monday January 24 2005 15:27 IST (newindpress.com)
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CHENNAI: Madras High Court on Monday pulled up the police for the “inordinate delay” in the investigation into the two-year-old Kanchi mutt auditor Radhakrishnan assault case.When the bail plea of five of the accused, arrested in connection with the case, came up for hearing, Justice M Thanikachalam posed a series of queries and wondered whether there was a “hydraulic brake” for he case.
“What do you say for the inordinate delay for two years? Is the case under a hydraulic brake? What is the motive of the prosecution? What did you do for two years? Are all laws at standstill? These were some of the “embarrassing” questions posed by the judge at the public prosecutor K Duraisamy, who opposed bail to the accused.
At one stage, the judge told the public prosecutor to clarify his doubts before arguing the case. He wanted to know what the police were doing for the last two years, after the crime took place on September 20, 2002.
“I must know how the investigating agency had functioned. Whether the police was seeking Lord Varadaraja Perumal or Kanchi Kamakshi as witnesses”, the judge also asked in a sarcastic tone adding that the delay created doubts on the investigation of the offence.
When the public prosecutor said that the case was not investigated for want of materials, the judge shot back: “does your case diary show the investigation was not pursued because of want of materials?”
After Duraisamy explained in detail as how the police stumbled upon evidences in the assault case when they effected some arrests in the Sankararaman murder case, in which both the acharyas of Kanchi mutt were also arrested, the judge reserved orders on the bail plea.
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