Pravin Patel, who was allegedly roughed up by goons of the MLA, has sought CBI inquiry into the case.
Babu Jamana Patel, a powerful MLA of the BJP, is likely to face arrest in an alleged land grabbing case. In a recent hearing in Gujarat high court, the state government has shown willingness to arrest and interrogate Babu.
One Pravin Patel had earlier lodged a complaint against Babu Patel, his son Ketan and their accomplices after Pravin and his family members were beaten up in 2008 by men allegedly hired by the MLA.
The dispute was over a land owned by Pravin in Nidhrad village in Sanand. Pravin has alleged that the MLA was threatening him in connection with some inter-connected cases of land grabbing in Ambli and Nidhrad village of Sanand.
He has also alleged that the MLA and his henchmen have tried to grab lands in Ambli and Nidhrad using fake documents and creating legal disputes. However, during the investigation, which was first carried out by the Sanand police and then state CID, the charge-sheet did not make a mention of the MLA and his son.
Pravin then moved an application for further investigation under various charges, which was granted by the court. But when the MLA got an anticipatory bail from the Ahmedabad rural court, he challenged it in the high court.
During the hearing in the high court, Devang Vyas, assistant public prosecutor appearing for the state, supported the petition moved by Pravin.
Vyas submitted that the state supported the petition with the submission that Babu and his son were indeed required to be arrested and subjected to custodial interrogation, so as to bring out full facts of the case and unearth the missing links in the case.
He further said that the state had not moved the court for cancellation of anticipatory bail, but had proposed to make an appropriate application for their police custody.
On the other hand, counsels on behalf of the MLA and his son said that Pravin was unduly expanding the scope of investigation as an after-thought to harass and malign Babu and his son. After the hearing, justice DH Waghela upheld the order of the lower court for further investigation as sought by the state.
It should be noted that Pravin has also moved a petition in the high court seeking investigation by the CBI in the case
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