Know for yourself the Sinister ways of Chhattisgarh Police : Kavita Srivastava
DIARY NOTES
Events of the Third Phase of Dr. Binayak Sen’s Trial & Incidents Preceeding Ajay TG’s Bail
Since Dr. Sen’s trial is disproving the prosecution’s case the police is openly trying to fabricate evidence both inside and outside the court. The police even tried to use Ajay’s TG legitimate release against Dr. Sen, hence the events of both the cases have been written together
The third phase of the trial of Dr. Binayak Sen case began on the 29th of July and lasted till July 31st. The key witnesses, the material witnesses had already deposed in the first two phases of the trial and some were tendered off. The subsequent witnesses were to be mostly seizure witnesses or police and jail personnel. Since most of the 20 witnesses who had deposed in the first two rounds of the trial had in no way confirmed the police case, the prosecution in an act of desperation had filed an application of recalling three of the witnesses who had deposed in the second phase between the 1st of July and the 4th of July. This was slated for argument in the course of these three days.
This was also the period when it became clear that charge sheet was not being filed in the Ajay TG case and that statutory bail was imminent however, we were suddenly filled with the hope that perhaps the case itself would be closed as Ajay had not committed any criminal act and hence there was no evidence to that effect.
29th July. 2008
No hearing happened as a senior member of the bar had passed away. Before we reached the Court, Dr. Binayak Sen, Pijush Guha and Narayan Sanyal had been already taken away to the jail. We were very disappointed that we had missed him. Read more
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UPDATE On Dr. Binayak Sen’s TRIAL (15 Sep 2008)
“QUESTIONS ON DR. BINAYAK SEN’S TRIAL”
- Is the Trial Fair?
- Are Provisions of Cr.P.C. followed in “letter” and “spirit”?
- Why is Chhattisgarh Police getting desperate?
- Why the delay tactics?
Raipur, 15th September, 2008: The last dates of trial of Dr. Binayak Sen, General Secretary, Chhattisgarh PUCL were September 8th & 9th 2008. Strangely, nothing happened on these days, as the hon’ble Judge, Mr. B S Saluja, Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court), Raipur had gone on “Training”. So, the accused were brought from Raipur Central Prison only to sign on the Order Sheets.
The next dates are October 13, 14 & 15, 2008. During the past few months, concern has been expressed by almost everyone attending the Court’s proceedings as to the seriousness of the prosecution in conducting the Trial. Some Observers have expressed these concerns in writing. We are circulating here two Notes and Letters on Trial Observations.
One, by Kavita Srivastava, Secretary of National PUCL, and General Secretary, Rajasthan PUCL, who has been closely following the Trial Proceedings.
Two, by Dr. Abhay Shukla, a member of the CORE GROUP OF NGO’s of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
These provide deep insights into violation of national and international standards set up for a Fair & Just Trial. We must not forget that Dr. Binayak Sen is also a “defender of human rights”. Read more
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July : Trial Updates
From: Abhay Shukla
Along with Kavita Srivastava, Dipankar and Pranhita (Binayak’s brother and daughter), I had a chance to attend the hearings of Binayak’s trial on 30 and 31 July at Raipur. As expected we witnessed the bizarre features of this trial which have been already observed by many others – large presence of armed police in and around the court, all entrants to the court being physically searched and checked with metal detectors, Binayak and the other accused (Narayan Sanyal and Piyush Guha) being continuously surrounded by armed police and required to stand in court for long periods of time. What was new during the hearing on 30th July was the blatant and shocking attempt by the police to plant false incriminating evidence against Binayak.
During the hearing on 30th July, the ‘incriminating evidence’ seized from Binayak’s house was to be presented to the court. With a seizure witness (one Shyam Sundar Rao) testifying, the sealed packet with the documents seized from Binayak’s house in May 2007 was opened before the judge. Nine documents which have been listed in the seizure memo and chargesheet emerged from the sealed packet, along with a set of newspaper clippings. The signatures of Binayak (who was present during the search) and search witnesses which were taken during the search, are present on all these documents as per search procedure. There is nothing specifically incriminating in these now well known documents, which could have been recovered from the house of any person who is a Left sympathiser.
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