NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has granted interim protection from arrest to two contractors in connection with the death of a 25-year-old motorcyclist who died after falling into an uncovered 15-foot-deep pit dug by the Delhi Jal Board in West Delhi recently.
Additional Sessions Judge Harleen Singh passed the order on Tuesday while hearing the anticipatory bail pleas filed by the contractors, Himanshu Gupta and Kavish Gupta, against whom arrest warrants had been issued. The judge directed that no coercive steps be taken against them until the next date of hearing.
Granting relief to Himanshu, the court said, “Let the applicant join the investigation on the aforesaid date and time, as undertaken by his counsel.”
The counsel for Himanshu submitted in the court that his client had received a notice to join the investigation on February 9 but was unable to do so due to ill health.
He assured the court that the accused was willing to cooperate with the investigation and would appear before the investigating officer as and when required. The defence undertook that both accused would join the investigation on February 11 at 10 am.
The prosecution did not oppose the request that no coercive action be taken against the accused till the next date of hearing. The court also granted relief to Kavish as similar contentions were made by his counsel.
The court directed both accused to join the probe at the specified date and time, and posted the matter for further proceedings on February 18.
Meanwhile, a Delhi court on Wednesday denied bail to a sub-contractor arrested in the case. Judicial Magistrate First Class Harjot Singh Aujla, while hearing a regular bail application filed by the accused sub-contractor, Rajesh Kumar Prajapati, said that “the gravity of the offence and its societal impact cannot be ignored”.
Court seeks detailed status report on investigation
A court has directed the Delhi Police to file a detailed status report in connection with an FIR lodged in the death of the 25-year-old biker. Judicial Magistrate First Class Harjot Singh Aujla, while hearing the applications, directed the Investigating Officer in the case to file a detailed status report on February 13. So far, two arrests have been made in connection with the incident, while three Delhi Jal Board officials have been suspended.