Mystery of 15-lakh remains unsolved in cash at Judge’s door case     

Although the CBI courtroom in Chandigarh has acquitted all accused, together with Justice (retired) Nirmal Yadav within the Money at Decide’s Door case, the thriller relating to the Rs 15 lakhs seized by the CBI throughout the investigation 17 years in the past remains to be unsolved.

The CBI registered the case after Parkash Ram, a clerk of Sanjiv Bansal, then Further Advocate Common of Haryana, arrived on the residence of a then sitting Decide of the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket, Justice Nirmaljit Kaur, on August 13, 2008, with a plastic bag in his hand.

When the bag was opened, it was discovered containing forex notes.

On the path of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur, police had been known as, and one Sub Inspector of Chandigarh Police took custody of Prakash Ram together with the bag introduced by him.

The Station Home Officer of Police Sector 11, Chandigarh, Ramesh Chand Sharma seized the bag and counted the notes, which had been discovered to be Rs. 15 lakhs in all.

After registering the case on August 16, 2008, by the Chandigarh Police, the Chandigarh Administration handed over the investigation to the CBI on August 26, 2008.

Together with all paperwork, the cash of Rs 15 lakh was additionally handed over by the Chandigarh Police to the CBI, and the quantity remains to be mendacity within the “malkhana” of the CBI.

Upon completion of the investigation, the CBI claimed within the charge-sheet that the bag was meant for Justice Nirmal Yadav, however because of the similarity within the names of the 2 judges, it was mistakenly delivered at Justice Kaur’s residence.

The CBI within the charge-sheet alleged that one accused, Ravinder Singh, gave the cash to Sanjiv Bansal to be delivered to Justice Nirmal Yadav for giving a good judgment in a property matter.

Nonetheless, all of the accused claimed that the CBI falsely implicated them within the case. Hitesh Puri, one of many protection counsels, mentioned that the charge-sheet was filed on the idea of fabricated proof and the CBI courtroom has additionally rapped the CBI for fabricating the proof towards the accused.

Puri mentioned that from the day one of many trial, they’ve been saying that the case was false.

The CBI has neither arrayed Prakash Ram as a witness or accused within the case who wrongly delivered Rs 15 lakh to Justice Nirmal Jit Kaur.

Puri mentioned that it’s only the CBI which is aware of to whom the quantity belongs because the courtroom has discovered no hyperlink with the individuals who had been named within the cost sheet filed within the case.