On Thursday, the Supreme Court questioned the two alleged police officers not suspended in the case of death of Guna’s famous Deva Pardi (26). The court told the state government, you are colluding with them … You are looking for them since April
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In fact, Deva Pardhi died in police custody on 15 July 2024. The CBI declared a reward of two lakh rupees for searching the absconding accused policemen.
In this case, the Supreme Court had rebuked the CBI on the laxity in arrest in the last hearing. The case was heard again in the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Asked to arrest in a month A bench of Justice BV Nagaratna and Justice R Mahadevan was hearing a contempt petition filed in connection with the death of Madhya Pradesh Police by Deva Pardhi’s mother. The Supreme Court on May 15, 2025 ordered the CBI to arrest all the officials responsible for the incident within a month.
After the death of Deva Pardi (26), his mother filed a petition by the Supreme Court.
All this happened in the case hearing today
Justice Nagratna said- all these pretense Justice R Mahadevan said: You are colluding with them … You have been looking for them since April, yet why didn’t you suspend them?
The two officials were suspended on Wednesday, while on Tuesday, the Supreme Court questioned the CBI to catch and arrest them despite a court order.
Justice Nagaratna said, why tomorrow? You say that they are absconding since April. This means that you are saving them.
Additional Solicitor General Raja Thackeray told the court that the CBI has taken several steps including physical surveillance, keeping an eye on financial transactions, searches their vehicles on tolls and investigating social media accounts.
He claimed that these steps did not lead to any result. The bench was not satisfied with the CBI’s efforts.
Justice Nagratna said, what does this mean? All this is pretending.
The CBI claim was opposed by the lawyer.
If ordered arrest, how to bail anticipatory bail? Petitioner’s counsel Payoshi Roy opposed the CBI claim that the two officials could not be ascertained. He said that one of the officials had signed and notary an affidavit in his anticipatory bail petition in Gwalior.
Justice Nagratna questioned how the officials have filed anticipatory bail plea when the Supreme Court has directed him to arrest him. He asked, what happened to his anticipatory bail hearing? Have you talked to his lawyer? Was the state not involved in anticipatory bail? What did the government lawyer advise? They could arrest them.
Roy emphasized that despite the CBI claim that they are absconding, the authorities were getting salary till tomorrow.
Officers have not been on duty for months, are you silent?
Justice Mahadevan said: This is a contempt of the order of the Supreme Court by the state of Madhya Pradesh. Officers have not been on duty for so many months and you are silent? On this, the permanent lawyer of the state argued that the investigation has been handed over to the CBI and the arrest has been directed to the CBI.
Justice Mahadevan did not accept this argument. He said that although the state’s Home Secretary was already removed from the parties in the contempt petition, the state is a completely party in the order who has been accused of contempt.
He further said, there was no order under which only the CBI could arrest. If an official of your government is involved in this, then you cannot flush out of it.
Hearing postponed till 10 am on Friday morning The permanent lawyer of the state of Madhya Pradesh accepted the concerns of the court about salary and absconding officers and sought time to take instructions. At his request, the court eventually adjourned the hearing of the case for 10 am yesterday.
Justice Nagaratna said, okay, we are not saying anything right now. Let’s see what the state of Madhya Pradesh says tomorrow. The best thing you can say is ‘We have arrested both of them’.
One year old case The case is on 15 July 2024. The procession of Deva Pardi (25), a resident of Bilakhedi, was about to leave for Gokul Singh Chakk in Guna city the same evening. Myana police reached the village at 4.30 pm. Deva and his uncle Gangaram were taken to the police station from the tractor going to the procession. Police said that interrogation and recovery were to be made in a theft case.
The next evening, the family received information from the district hospital that the body of a Pardi youth is in the post -mortem room. On reaching there, the family got information about Deva’s death.
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