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Ranchi, Jan.14: The Jharkhand High Court monitoring the CBI probe into Judge Uttam Anand death during morning walk in Dhanbad expressed dissatisfaction over the findings of the apex agency.
A division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujeet Narayan expressing its dissatisfaction over the development in the probe has asked the agency to submit a narco test report by January 21.
The court observed that the investigating agency has submitted a ‘stereo type’ charge sheet and it does not contain any evidence supporting commitment of crime under section 302 of IPC. The court raised doubt over the intention of the CBI in filing the charge sheet. The court commented that the CBI is working like clerks.
On July 28, Judge Uttam Anand died after an unidentified auto rickshaw hit him coming from the backside when he was on a morning walk outside Magistrate Colony near Randhir Verma Chowk in the coal city.
CCTV footage collected from the spot suggests that the driver of the vehicle intentionally hit the judge who was walking on the extreme left of the deserted road at the time of incident. The CCTV footage shows that the vehicle changed lanes and hit the judge going extreme left.
The legal fraternity took strong exception to the incident and suspected it a case of attack on the judicial system. The High Court and Supreme Court both took serious note of the matter. The High Court started monitoring the case. Sensing the gravity of the situation, the state police constituted an SIT.
Police swung into action and arrested the driver of the auto rickshaw and seized his vehicle. The driver admitted the crime saying he was drunk. The matter was later given to the CBI for probe.
However, nothing specific has come suggesting whether it was an accidental death or a pre planned murder or something else.
