Bhopal gas convicts move HC for CBI case diary

  • | Friday | 13th July, 2018

Roy has been contending that the CBI probe into Bhopal gas disaster was “malicious, biased, unfounded and based on false presumptions”. He even argued in the court of district judge, Bhopal, that CBI drew inferences from scientist S Varadrajan’s report on Bhopal gas tragedy to prepare a charge sheet, which could help the Union government get maximum compensation from the US company. It’s against this order that Roy has appealed in the high court.During the hearing of the petition on Wednesday, the CBI counsel sought time to file a response. Justice Sanjay Dwivedi granted four weeks to CBI to respond to the petition. But, the district & sessions judge rejected the application on March 22, 2018.

BHOPAL: A single-judge bench of MP high court on Wednesday gave four weeks to CBI for filing a response to a petition filed by senior counsel Anirban Roy seeking CBI case diary in the Bhopal gas disaster case.Roy, who is the counsel for J Mukund and S P Chowdhury among seven convicts in the case, had sought the CBI case diary in the court of district & sessions judge, Bhopal, who is hearing the appeal of the convicts against two years of imprisonment awarded to each of the seven accused by the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Bhopal, in 2010 under section 304 (a) of the IPC. But, the district & sessions judge rejected the application on March 22, 2018. It’s against this order that Roy has appealed in the high court.During the hearing of the petition on Wednesday, the CBI counsel sought time to file a response. Justice Sanjay Dwivedi granted four weeks to CBI to respond to the petition. Roy has been contending that the CBI probe into Bhopal gas disaster was “malicious, biased, unfounded and based on false presumptions”. He even argued in the court of district judge, Bhopal, that CBI drew inferences from scientist S Varadrajan’s report on Bhopal gas tragedy to prepare a charge sheet, which could help the Union government get maximum compensation from the US company.

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