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Court reserves order on Amarmani Tripathi`s revision petition
Lucknow, Jan 24: A local court today reserved its verdict on a revision petition filed by former Uttar Pradesh Minister Amarmani Tripathi, prime accused in the poetess Madhumita Shukla murder case, against taking cognizance of the chargesheet filed by CBI.
Lucknow, Jan 24: A local court today reserved its
verdict on a revision petition filed by former Uttar Pradesh
Minister Amarmani Tripathi, prime accused in the poetess
Madhumita Shukla murder case, against taking cognizance of
the chargesheet filed by CBI.
Additional sessions judge Piyushkumar, after hearing the
arguments of the counsel of Tripathi and CBI, fixed January 27
for judgement.
Earlier, a revision petition was filed on behalf of
Amarmani Tripathi by his counsel, Vijai Vikram, stating that
the incharge special judicial magistrate (CBI) has no
jurisdiction to take cognisance in this case, because he was
not appointed as special judicial magistrate.
The special council CBI, P K Chaubey, submitted that the
order was fully valid and justified and there was no
illegality in the order of the magistrate dated December 20
last.
Bureau Report