Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Parkash summoned CBI SP to explain as to why it has not yet arrested S Venkat Raman, who has been charge sheeted for giving false report about filing of the charge sheet.
"Court tried to ascertain from Investigating Officer about reasons for not arresting the accused during probe in view of his conduct as highlighted in the charge sheet.
"It would not be out of place to mention here that the accused in this case was none else but Deputy Superintendent of CBI during relevant period," the court said.
The court also noted that the IO of the case was not able to produce relevant case diaries showing efforts made to ascertain involvement of other persons, if any, in the case.
Raman, while being posted as Deputy Superintendent and subsequently as Superintendent of Police made inccorrect notings in office files and gave false information to his supervisory officers that the charge sheet in certain cases have been filed before concerned trial courts.
It said Raman, charge sheeted under section 217 and 218 IPC, was found to have disobeyed the direction of law by not filing the charge sheet to save the persons from punishment and also found to have given false report about its filing for a prolonged period of 1999-2011.
The CBI in its charge sheet said that on May 21, 1998 a case was registered against one A V Hanumanthapa, the then manager of Canara Bank, and nine others for cheating the bank (Firozabad branch) to the tune of Rs 1.88 crores.
The matter was probed by Raman and the the Special Director of CBI gave the approval for filing of charge sheet in the case on December 20, 1999.
The charge sheet further said that in August 2000, when Raman was asked about the position of the trial, he made a false noting and from 2000 to March 2009, there was no record about the file being processed by him.
"Probe further revealed that in March 2009, Raman opened a new file with a note that the charge sheet has been filed before a Special Judge in Dehradun in december, 1999," it said.
After the bifurcation of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Raman informed that the case file has been sent to a court in Ghaziabad and even informed that he attended the said court on May 15, 2009 and has been asked to furnish fresh copy of the charge sheet.
During probe, letters received by Special Judge in Dehradun and Ghaziabad made it clear that no such charge sheet was ever filed or pending before them.
"Finally, after the entire matter came into open and after repeated false report by Raman, charge sheet was filed by him on March 8, 2011 in court of Special Judge, Dehradun," the CBI said in its charge sheet against Raman.
