The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team handling the extradition of fugitive tycoon Vijay Mallya is completely botching up the case. In the ongoing final arguments in the London court, the CBI has submitted statements of seven witnesses only under Section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which is not seen to be a so valid one in a judicial process. Judicial forums don’t give much sanctity to the statements submitted under Section 161, as the statements of the witnesses are prepared by a police officer.
In a few days, a London Court will examine CBI’s statements of the witness. London journalists covering the extradition court have told that out of the seven statements produced by the CBI, five look like similar.
The judicial forums give sanctity to the statements of witnesses under Section 164 of CrPC as the statements of the witnesses are recorded by a Judicial Magistrate, who first checks the sanctity and truthfulness of the witnesses.
The witnesses recorded under Sec 161 can easily change their statement in court by simply saying that their statements were taken by a Police officer under duress. But the statements under Section 164 can’t be normally retracted as it was recorded by Judicial Magistrate.
It is a known legal custom that in the international forums that the agencies have to give a valid statement of witness under Section 164 of the CrPC. The question that arises is why the CBI team led by Special Director Rakesh Asthana (the one whose appointment was questioned by the Director himself[1]) did this nonsense by providing challengeable statements under Section 161.
In a few days, a London Court will examine CBI’s statements of the witness. London journalists covering the extradition court have told that out of the seven statements produced by the CBI, five look similar. “Somewhat like a copy-paste job,” said a journalist comparing the CBI’s statements provided to London extradition court.
It is now sure that the same gang of politicians in power who allowed Vijay Mallya to escape to London are on the job of helping him by submitting weak arguments and not-so-valid documents of CBI in the Court. Vijay Mallya was allowed to leave India with 20 trunks and no agency was allowed to block him. All started acting only after Mallya reached the safe haven of London including the Bankers who provided more than Rs.10,000 crores as loans based on frivolous sureties.
References:
[1] CVC minutes meeting expose how CVC selected Asthana over the Director’s objections – Nov 25, 2017, PGurus.com
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Mallya will get away bcos his advocates were seen in news reports pointing out in clear terms the pathetic state of indian prisons unfit for his client,fair trial as well as more recently state of affairs of CBI whose track record as in Aarushi case etc.
Overall he can be forgot to focus on other things and just incase he is brought in he will be given 5-7star luxury in his prison and served even beer(kingfisher ofcourse).!
Already lot of money is spent and attempting to spend more without sure success is unwise
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Who is behind this botching in CBI ? Can you PGurus find out please on behalf of the Indian people?
Do you need further allusion on ‘ Who is behind the criminals in distress’? Who rescued the Means from ‘Airtel’? Who is behind Katti to make a mockery of ED ? Who is enabling Chidu to roam freely despite incontrovertible evidences against him? AJ has brought our nation back to where we were prior to LS-2014. All it needs now is a hung LS-2019 to bring our nation at the mercy of UPA-III. AJ is skilled enough to achieve this too, like he did Gujarat-2017.
Britain will not extradite Mallya because India’s Judiciary are notoriously corrupt and incompetent. Besides, Mallya is not a willful defaulter. He is the victim of excess capacity purchased by Praful Patel for Air India which pushed all airlines not underwritten by the Tax Payer into bankruptcy.