Delhi’s Tis Hazari court docket on Thursday granted bail to Manuj Kathuria, the SUV driver arrested by Delhi Police in reference to the dying of UPSC aspirants on the flooded library of Rau’s IAS Academy Centre.
Kathuria was denied bail by the Justice of the Peace Courtroom on Wednesday. The newest growth follows a rebuke by Delhi Excessive Courtroom on Wednesday of the unusual method through which the police was conducting investigation and arresting somebody only for passing by the stated library the place the unlucky deaths occured. The excessive court docket was listening to petitions looking for excessive stage probe into the stated incident.
In one other growth, the Delhi Police in its affidavit within the excessive court docket has submitted that its not pushing costs of culpabale murder towards Manuj Kathuria, the SUV driver who drove previous the Previous Rajinder Nagar.
Whereas slamming the investigation within the case, the excessive court docket stated that unauthorised building couldn’t have occurred with out police collusion. Excessive Courtroom stated that it is vitally unusual that police are arresting somebody for passing by the library as accused within the case.
“What sort of unusual investigation is that this? You’re choosing up any passer by. Simply because an SUV drove previous the constructing you’re saying that the incident occured due to that?” The bench remarked and additional stated that it’s going to hand over the investigation to a central company like CVC or Lokpal if it isn’t glad with the response of the investigation officer.
The Delhi Excessive Courtroom additionally slammed the MCD, Delhi Growth Authority and metropolis authorities over the deaths of three UPSC college students in Rau’s IAS Academy basement. The court docket stated that it is a case of prison negligence and it’ll guarantee that duty is fastened within the case.
The excessive court docket bench headed by ACJ Manmohan directed the investigating officer, DCP, and MCD commissioner to be personally current in court docket on the subsequent listening to on Friday.