The Supreme Court today refused to grant bail to two police officers accused in the case of custodial deaths of a man and his son in Tamil Nadu. The bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari refused to grant bail to Inspector S. Sridhar and Sub-Inspector P. Raghu Ganesh who were charge-sheeted as accused by the CBI in the Jayaraj-Bennix case.
The directions were issued by the High Court on May 17, 2021, in a matter pertains to an anticipatory bail application filed by accused Bhanwar Singh charged for sexual harassment and trespassing.
During the hearing the petitioner counsel submitted that In 2017 there was a proposal to marry the complainant and they were in consensual relationship.
Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra appearing for the State of West Bengal apprised the court that the FIR registered in this case and three people have been arrested on the basis of these complaints.
Another petition landed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday on the trouble and killings that happened in West Bengal after the Assembly election results were declared on May 2.
A bench of Justices Vineet Saran & BR Gavai however has given liberty to the petitioner to withdraw its application and file a review petition before the Allahabad HC.
Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani appeared for the petitioners. He said: “This is a very serious case. There are two eye witnesses. The state is taking no action when two have been killed brutally.
Justice Nariman Bench had allowed for 5.5 Meter but the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways amended it saying that the roads are being used for different purposes, going right up to the Chinese borders.