The high court, while hearing his petition, refused to grant the officer interim relief, but directed the state government to file an affidavit.
Inspector general of police Jawahar Singh, 57, currently posted as chief vigilance and security officer on deputation to Mhada, has approached the Bombay high court seeking quashing of the FIR lodged against him in an alleged extortion case.
The high court, while hearing his petition, refused to grant the officer interim relief, but directed the state government to file an affidavit.
“We would not like to stop investigations at this stage. The prosecution can file its reply before the next date of hearing,” observed the division bench of justice D B Bhosale and justice A R Joshi.
Assistant police inspector Deepak Shinde, 41, co-accused in the case, who is also posted in Mhada’s vigilance department, has sought quashing of the FIR. According to Singh’s petition, based on a complaint filed by one Firoz Khan before a metropolitan court at Borivli, the Malwani police lodged an FIR against him and five others in February this year.
The petitioner’s advocates Harshad Ponda, Mahesh Vaswani and Poonam Shrivastav argued that the magistrate had passed an order without thinking the case through and had directed them to submit a monthly report.
Vaswani told the court that his clients were being framed in false cases. Several people had approached Singh saying that Khan and some of his people had forged their papers and taken over their Mhada flats.
Additional public prosecutor Aruna Kamat-Pai told the court that investigation was in progress and it would take some time to complete it.
Graft charges framed against DGP: In another case, a special anti-corruption court last week framed charges against ex-director-general of police (housing and welfare) Rahul Gopal who allegedly accepted a bribe for granting favours to builders and businessmen.
The alleged middleman between the builders and Gopal, Govind Chandak has also been charged under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act) last Monday. Gopal who retired from the force in 2007 pleaded not guilty to all charges framed against him.
The trial is likely to begin next month.
Gopal has been charged under sections 13 (1) (D), (criminal misconduct by a public servant), section 10 of the prevention of corruption (PC) act and faces a maximum seven years’ imprisonment. Chandak has been charged under section 8 of the PC Act that deals with accepting gratification in order to influence a public servant.
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