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The tribunal approved the CBI’s petition to cod Balbir Singh’s dependable illustration and directed the investigating serviceman to get some samples from a forensic laboratory different than CFSL, New Delhi. (Source: File)
The Special CBI Court successful Chandigarh has allowed an exertion by the bureau to cod dependable samples of 2 accused successful a bribery case—Vishal Deep, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer, and Balbir Singh, a CBI lawman superintendent of constabulary (DSP).
The CBI, represented by nationalist authoritative Narender Singh, argued that during verification and trap proceedings, the voices of the accused were recorded portion allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from the complainant. To found the individuality of these voices, forensic investigation of the accused’s specimen dependable samples was required.
The bureau submitted that the accused were informed of the request to supply their dependable samples for a just investigation, but Vishal Deep had refused to cooperate.
Opposing the application, Deep’s counsel argued that the petition was baseless, arsenic dependable recordings could not beryllium treated arsenic grounds successful the case. The defence besides contended that compelling the accused to supply a illustration violated his cardinal close to privacy.
Rejecting the objections, Additional District and Sessions Judge Alka Malik said, “Since the lawsuit is based connected trap proceedings and alleged recorded conversations, examination and investigation of the aforesaid with the accused’s illustration dependable is necessary. Consequently, the petition of CBI is allowed.”
To guarantee a just investigation, the tribunal directed that the substance transition work retired by the accused for dependable sampling should not lucifer the nonstop series of the disputed conversation, though it whitethorn incorporate the aforesaid words.
The tribunal besides approved the CBI’s petition to cod Balbir Singh’s dependable illustration and directed the investigating serviceman to get some samples from a forensic laboratory different than CFSL, New Delhi.
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The CBI had registered 2 FIRs against Vishal Deep connected December 22, 2024, based connected complaints by Bhupinder Kumar Sharma, president of Dev Bhumi Group of Institutions, Una, and Rajneesh Bansal, president of Himalayan Group of Professional Institutions, Sirmour. The complaints alleged that Deep and different ED officials demanded bribes to debar apprehension successful cases against their institutions.
However, Deep claimed that portion investigating the proceeds of transgression successful the Himachal Pradesh assistance scam, helium was induced by Balbir Singh and 1 of the complainants to judge a bribe successful speech for diluting charges and avoiding arrests.
Following an interior inquiry, Balbir Singh was arrested aft the CBI verified the allegations made against him by Deep.
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