Air India peeing incident: Delhi court sends accused Shankar Mishra to 14-day judicial remand, denies police his custody - The Tribune India

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New Delhi, January 7

A Delhi tribunal connected Saturday sent Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating connected a pistillate co-passenger connected an Air India flight, to judicial remand for 14 days portion rejecting a plea by constabulary for his custody.

The constabulary sought his remand for 3 days for custodial interrogation, saying helium was required to beryllium identified by 3 compartment unit members and 2 captains and different co-passengers were besides to beryllium examined.

Metropolitan Magistrate Anamika passed the bid to nonstop Mishra to judicial remand, noting that his custody was not required by the constabulary for signaling the statements of different witnesses, including compartment unit and co-passengers.

“Just due to the fact that there’s nationalist pressure, don’t bash this. Go by the law,” the justice said.

“All reasons stated above... . PC is not required for signaling the connection of witnesses. They tin beryllium interrogated successful his absence. Statements tin beryllium recorded, and determination is nary request of his PC,” the justice said.

The tribunal noted that connected the ground of the evidence, the accused prima facie did not cooperate successful the investigation.

“Perusal of records shows that the accused was deliberately avoiding joining of investigation. In bid to marque further investigation, signaling of statements of unit members, signaling statements, his custody is not required,” the justice said.

During the arguments, the tribunal asked the constabulary wherefore it required his custody.

“He is not required for others’ questioning, TIP (Test Identification Parade). Everything is known? Why his custody is required? Nobody other is to beryllium arrested. No crushed of PC,” the justice said.

The constabulary submitted earlier the tribunal during the arguments that the compartment unit did not grip the concern and that they were besides complicit successful the alleged offence.

The police, meanwhile, refused to manus implicit a transcript of the FIR to an advocator appearing for the complainant, saying the “case has been truthful viral, we bash not privation to springiness a transcript of the ailment to anyone but complainant”.

Bengaluru constabulary had assisted Delhi constabulary successful arresting Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating connected a co-passenger connected a Delhi-bound Air India formation from New York connected November 26, from Sanjay Nagar country successful the city.

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