Chennai: A Magistrate court on Wednesday reserved
orders on pleas by advocates associations seeking return of
the charge sheet filed by CBI in connection with last year's
clash between police and lawyers in the Madras High Court
premises.
Several advocates and policemen besides a judge were
injured during the clash on February 19. CBI had recently
filed the charge sheet, naming six policemen and 32 advocates.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Killivalavan
reserved orders after hearing the arguments of CBI, Madras
High Court Advocates Association (MHCA) and Tamil Nadu
Advocate Association.
MHCA, which had filed a memorandum praying the court to
return the charge sheet, alleged that the CBI investigation
was "one-sided".
"The honourable court should not accept the charge sheet
filed by CBI since it is one-sided," they said.
They wanted to know how several charges could be included
in a single FIR.
CBI said the investigation is still pending and the
charge sheet filed is only 'interim report'. They also said if
some one was found guilty during further investigations they
would be included in the charge sheet.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 23:45