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Chandigarh cop’s salary to be attached for not appearing in court

The cop, sub-inspector Ashok Kumar, is part of the investigation in a 2018 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act case and also a prosecution witness

Published on: Jan 24, 2023, 00:43:44 IST
By , Chandigarh
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Taking strict note of a Chandigarh Police sub-inspector’s repeated failure to appear before it, the court of additional district and sessions judge Dr Rajneesh has ordered that his salary be attached till further orders.

As majority of the prosecution witnesses have already been examined, let SI Ashok be now summoned by way of bailable warrant in the sum of  ₹10,000 with one surety of like amount for February 8, 2023, the court ordered. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
As majority of the prosecution witnesses have already been examined, let SI Ashok be now summoned by way of bailable warrant in the sum of ₹10,000 with one surety of like amount for February 8, 2023, the court ordered. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Sub-inspector Ashok Kumar is part of the investigation in a 2018 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act case and also a prosecution witness.

On September 5, no prosecution witness was present in court, so the case was adjourned and the court had summoned all remaining witnesses.

But while the summons for Kumar was received back as duly served, he wasn’t present in court on October 7, 2022, due to VIP duty.

The hearing was then fixed for January 20, 2023, as other trials were already fixed in between. But he missed the hearing again.

“Since the matter pertains to 2019 and majority of the prosecution witnesses have already been examined, let SI Ashok be now summoned by way of bailable warrant in the sum of 10,000 with one surety of like amount for February 8, 2023,” the court ordered.

 
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