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CBI moves SC for arrest of Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh

by IBNS 15 Oct 2015, 09:06 am

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IBNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging a high court order restraining the agency from arresting and interrogating Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh in a corruption case.

An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu said they would hear the plea by the investigating agency on the opening day after the Dusshera holidays.

Appearing for CBI, aditional solicitor general PS Patwalia said the high court order has virtually stalled the investigation process by restraining the agency from arresting and interrogating the accused without its prior permission. He said the high court has also embargoed the agency  from filing charge sheet without its prior leave.

The probe agency has filed a transfer petition and a special leave petition in the Supreme Court  seeking to transfer the case against Singh from Himachal Pradesh to Delhi and setting aside the order passed by the state high court.

The chief minister had filed a petition in the high court pleading that the raids on his private residence and other premises were conducted with “malafide intentions and political vendetta” by the central investigating agency.