Summary:
Ranchi, Jan 7 (PTI) Jharkhand High Court Friday reprimanded CBI yet again for the tardy progress in the probe into the murder of Dhanbad judge, Uttam Anand and directed it to file an affidavit on the new developments in investigation.
Seeking time to come out with "new facts", the CBI told a division bench of the HC that it has quizzed as many as 200 people in the past couple of months to unearth the identity of the conspirators responsible for the killing of the judge.
Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad posted the matter for hearing again on January 14 and directed CBI to furnish the affidavit on the new developments as mentioned by it.
Uttam Anand, an additional district judge ranking judicial officer was run over by a auto rickshaw on July 28, 2021 in the early morning hours when he was out for his morning walk.
The entire incident was captured live on the CCTV camera installed by the Dhanbad district administration and had shocked the judiciary across the country.
Jharkhand High Court has been monitoring the case from the beginning and has kept a close tab on the investigation by CBI.