Published On : Wed, Mar 6th, 2024
By Nagpur Today Nagpur News

RTO firing case: Lawyer misled SC to secure bail for MVI Geeta Shejwal, claims SLP

Nagpur: In the case related to the RTO firing incident in Nagpur, a Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed in the Supreme Court. The petition alleges that Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra, who is representing the prime accused Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) Geeta Shejwal, suppressed crucial information and misled the Supreme Court to obtain a bail order for Shejwal.

Shejwal is facing charges under IPC Section 307 (attempted murder) for firing at MVI Sanket Gaikwad, who is co-accused under Section 201 (destroying evidence) of IPC. The petitioner, Mursarleen Shaikh, presented the case through counsels Nilesh Ojha and Tanveer Nizam. The petition asserts that Senior Advocate Luthra falsely informed the Court that the co-accused, Sanket Gaikwad, had already been granted anticipatory bail. This misinformation was used to justify bail for MVI Shejwal.

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Relying on Luthra’s representation, the Supreme Court granted bail to Shejwal. However, it later came to light that MVI Gaikwad had not been granted anticipatory bail, the petition claimed. The petitioner has urged the Court in the petition for the invocation of various sections along with Section 2 (c) 12 of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 against him.

It is noteworthy that Justices Sudhanshu Dhuliya and Prasanna Warale of the Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to MVI Geeta Shejwal, the prime accused in an attempted murder case, on February 28. The Supreme Court’s order stated, “We have been informed that the other accused Saket Gaikwad has already been granted bail by the Sessions Court. We say nothing about the merits of the case or the investigation, but presently we are inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the appellant as the co-accused Gaikwad has already been granted anticipatory bail.”

Additional Sessions Judge – 9 S R Padwal had stated in the order on January 23 that the APP has also submitted that offence under Section 201 of IPC has been levelled against Sanket Gaikwad. “Considering the nature of original offence and in view of the legal position, the offence levelled against applicant being bailable one and punishment which may extend to three years and also liable to fine and considering the mandate of Section 438 of CrPC, the present application disposed off,” Judge Padwal had stated.

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