STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The much-publicised Sanjay Kumar alias Bakra murder case took a new turn when police filed an application seeking custody of one Deepak Kumar alias Deepu for further interrogation and for filling supplementary Challan.
Principal Sessions Judge Jammu, R.S Jain after hearing Special Public Prosecutor Advocate R.S Kotwal appearing for the State observed that after perusal of Challan shows that the accused Deepak Kumar was arrested during the trial of the case and he has been charge-sheeted for offence under Section 302 RPC. During the trial, numbers of witnesses have been examined by the prosecution. It is pertinent to mention that the accused was arrested on 19th February, 2011 and since the prosecution kept the matter in abeyance police sought custody of the accused Deepak Kumar on the ground that as per the investigation, the accused Deepak Kumar alias Deepu is alleged to have been converted the weapon of offence, a double barrel gun into short gun and the same was recovered from the place of incidence and an option was therefore left open that as and when the said Deepak Kumar is arrested he would be interrogated to the effect as per law.
Court further observed that looking into the facts and the circumstances of the case the accused is only to be interrogated and the same can be done while he is in judicial custody and directed SHO/IO of Police Station Bhau Fort will go to the Central Jail Kot-Bhalwal Jammu and conduct the interrogation of the accused there itself. JNF
