Gujarat HC snub for Dinesh MN, bail plea rejected

Justice HB Antani of Gujarat high court on Monday rejected the bail application moved by Rajasthan cadre IPS officer Dinesh MN who is lodged in the Sabarmati jail in connection with the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.

The IPS officer, who was SP in Udaipur in Rajasthan, had moved the bail application on the grounds that the trial was getting delayed. He stated that he has been in the jail for the past three years. His application said that the investigation in the case was earlier done by the Gujarat CID and now that it was transferred to the CBI, it will take the agency more time to probe it.

Opposing the bail plea, the government pleader said that the officer should not be given bail as he is accused of committing a serious offence and investigation is still going on. "Delay in trial" cannot be ground to grant bail, the pleader said.

After hearing both side, justice Antani rejected the application.
Dinesh MN, along with two Gujarat cadre IPS officers - DG Vanzara and Rajkumar Pandiyan, was arrested for their alleged role in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
The state CID had earlier arrested 14 police officers in the case.