{"id":4423,"date":"2019-06-21T12:38:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T12:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=4423"},"modified":"2019-06-21T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T12:38:09","slug":"gujarat-high-court-stays-contempt-proceedings-against-madhya-pradesh-officials-in-2008-serial-blasts-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/gujarat-high-court-stays-contempt-proceedings-against-madhya-pradesh-officials-in-2008-serial-blasts-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat High Court stays contempt proceedings against Madhya Pradesh officials in 2008 serial blasts case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: dnaindia.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gujarat High Court\u2019s single judge bench of Justice SH Vora has \nstayed a special court, which is hearing the 2008 serial blasts case, \nfrom initiating contempt proceedings against Madhya Pradesh government \nofficials for not shifting 10 serial blasts accused from a jail in MP to\n Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad. The court also sought a reply from\n the state government and the 10 accused, who want to return to \nSabarmati Jail, and posted the matter for further hearing on July 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The high court also clarified that the accused would remain lodged \nin the Bhopal central jail for the time being and face the trial in the \nblasts case through video conferencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, on June 1, the special court ordered the Bhopal central \njail superintendent and IG prisons in MP to shift the 10 accused to \nAhmedabad. Notably, the accused, including Safdar Nagori, had requested \nthe court to bring them to Ahmedabad to face the remaining trial. The \naccused were shifted to MP after their conviction in a terrorism case \nover a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the case details, the special court had issued production \nwarrants under section 267 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) \ndirecting the MP officials to shift the accused to Ahmedabad by June 20.\n This was supposed to be done by revoking the ban on their movement \nimposed under section 268 of CrPC. The special court had ordered that \nthe 10 accused would remain in its custody at Sabarmati Jail till the \nrecording of their statements is over and warned MP government officials\n of contempt proceedings, if the order is not complied with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, the MP government challenged the special court\u2019s order \nbefore the Gujarat High Court. It contended that the trial court cannot \nissue production warrants before section 268 of CrPC is revoked. It also\n contended that the lower court cannot initiate contempt proceedings as \nwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The high court agreed with the submissions made by the MP government\n and termed the trial court\u2019s order as \u201cgeneral and vague\u201d and said that\n the power of initiating contempt is vested with the high court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/gujarat-high-court-stays-contempt-proceedings-against-madhya-pradesh-officials-in-2008-serial-blasts-case\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"5\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court\u2019s single judge bench of Justice SH Vora has stayed a special court, which is hearing the 2008 serial blasts case, from initiating contempt proceedings against Madhya Pradesh government officials for not shifting 10 serial blasts accused from a jail in MP to Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad. 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