New Delhi (10.11.2022): Former Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Jitendra Narain (IAS: 1990: AGMUT) has been arrested today after a local Sessions Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea, who is facing gangrape charges. On October 20, the Delhi High Court had granted Narain interim protection from arrest till October 28. A day later, he approached the Calcutta High Court circuit bench, sitting at Port Blair, seeking extension of time, saying the next circuit bench would start only by November 14, by which time the protection to him will be over.
In its October 21 order, the circuit bench continued the relief and asked him to appear before the special investigation team (SIT) probing the case. The Andaman administration challenged this before the SC, saying the accused approaching the Delhi and Calcutta HCs, “instead of…the jurisdiction sessions court at Port Blair, with a plea that no forum was available to him on account of vacation is nothing but a blatant attempt of forum shopping and abuse of process of law”.
New Delhi (10.11.2022): Former Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Jitendra Narain (IAS: 1990: AGMUT) has been arrested today after a local Sessions Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea, who is facing gangrape charges. On October 20, the Delhi High Court had granted Narain interim protection from arrest till October 28. A day later, he approached the Calcutta High Court circuit bench, sitting at Port Blair, seeking extension of time, saying the next circuit bench would start only by November 14, by which time the protection to him will be over.
In its October 21 order, the circuit bench continued the relief and asked him to appear before the special investigation team (SIT) probing the case. The Andaman administration challenged this before the SC, saying the accused approaching the Delhi and Calcutta HCs, “instead of…the jurisdiction sessions court at Port Blair, with a plea that no forum was available to him on account of vacation is nothing but a blatant attempt of forum shopping and abuse of process of law”.
