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Fri, 07/29/2011 - 21:41
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U'khand High Court stays Balkrishna's arrest
Nainital, Jul 29 (PTI) North Indian state Uttarakhand
High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of yoga guru Ramdev's
close aide Balkrishna, charged with procuring fake educational
certificates, and asked him to appear before the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 3.
Justice Tarun Agrawal also asked the probe agency to
file a reply to the court on Balkrishna's petition within
three weeks, his lawyer Rajendra Dobhal said.
The court, while hearing a plea seeking stay on the
arrest, asked the accused to cooperate with the CBI in
investigations and appear before it on August 3. Balkrishna
is facing charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy for
procuring fake educational degrees and using them in getting a
passport.
The petition for stay on the arrest of Balkrishna was
placed before Justice P C Pant on Thursday. However, he
recused himself and referred it to Chief Justice Barin Ghosh.
Earlier, Ramdev's aide made two pleas to CBI seeking
10-20 days time to appear before it, which were rejected by
the investigating agency.
However, with Friday's court order, the pleas by
Balkrishna have become infructuous as the judge asked him to
appear before the agency on August 3.
The next date of hearing has been fixed on August 29,
advocate Dobhal said.
Balkrishna was earlier summoned by the CBI to appear
in its office at Dehra Dun on Thursday for interrogation.
However, instead of appearing before the agency, he had sent a
fax to the agency seeking 20-days' time to appear stating that
his passport is with the British High Commission.
But, the agency turned down his plea and asked him to
appear without passport on Friday. Balkrishna again requested
the CBI to give him 10 days time.
Balkrishna had gone "missing" from his Divya Yog
Mandir Ashram residence in Haridwar on July 25, a day after
CBI registered a case against him for cheating and criminal
conspiracy for procuring fake degree and violation of section
12 of Indian Passport act for furnishing fake documents to get
a passport.
Ramdev, however, in a press conference last evening
claimed that his aide's degrees are genuine and that he is in
Patanjali Ashram.
High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of yoga guru Ramdev's
close aide Balkrishna, charged with procuring fake educational
certificates, and asked him to appear before the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 3.
Justice Tarun Agrawal also asked the probe agency to
file a reply to the court on Balkrishna's petition within
three weeks, his lawyer Rajendra Dobhal said.
The court, while hearing a plea seeking stay on the
arrest, asked the accused to cooperate with the CBI in
investigations and appear before it on August 3. Balkrishna
is facing charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy for
procuring fake educational degrees and using them in getting a
passport.
The petition for stay on the arrest of Balkrishna was
placed before Justice P C Pant on Thursday. However, he
recused himself and referred it to Chief Justice Barin Ghosh.
Earlier, Ramdev's aide made two pleas to CBI seeking
10-20 days time to appear before it, which were rejected by
the investigating agency.
However, with Friday's court order, the pleas by
Balkrishna have become infructuous as the judge asked him to
appear before the agency on August 3.
The next date of hearing has been fixed on August 29,
advocate Dobhal said.
Balkrishna was earlier summoned by the CBI to appear
in its office at Dehra Dun on Thursday for interrogation.
However, instead of appearing before the agency, he had sent a
fax to the agency seeking 20-days' time to appear stating that
his passport is with the British High Commission.
But, the agency turned down his plea and asked him to
appear without passport on Friday. Balkrishna again requested
the CBI to give him 10 days time.
Balkrishna had gone "missing" from his Divya Yog
Mandir Ashram residence in Haridwar on July 25, a day after
CBI registered a case against him for cheating and criminal
conspiracy for procuring fake degree and violation of section
12 of Indian Passport act for furnishing fake documents to get
a passport.
Ramdev, however, in a press conference last evening
claimed that his aide's degrees are genuine and that he is in
Patanjali Ashram.
