Application of Ajmer bomb blast accused rejected by CBI court
JAIPUR: In the Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case, A CBI court on Saturday rejected the bail application of Aseemanand alias Nabh Kumar Sarkaar who was arrested for his alleged involvement in it.
On 30th April Aseemanand and other accused were produced before the CBI court in Jaipur by NIA (National Investigation Agency).
The NIA has prayed for extension of time for filing the charge sheet against the main accused Aseemanand and the co-accused Bharat bhai.
Aseemanand has moved a bail application on the technical ground under section 167 (2) of Cr. P. C. which states that a person could not be detained more than 90 days in custody unless he/she had been chargesheeted. The application pleads that since the NIA had failed to investigate the matter and chargesheet him within the statutory period, Aseemanand should be granted bail.
NIA contented that since the matter concerned with national security, the investigation could not be done hastily and as such the bail plea should be rejected. The court without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case dismissed the bail application.
The CBI court Jaipur was recently given charge of the trial in the cases to be prosecuted by the NIA, pursuant to which Aseemanand and Bharat bhai, accused of master-minding the October 11, 2006 Ajmer Dargha bomb blast, were produced in the court for extension of their judicial custody. The court extended their custody till May 14.
The NIA was handed over the investigation of Ajmer Dargha bomb blast by Hindu outfits on April 6, 2011. Previously the investigation was being undertaken by ATS, Rajasthan. The ATS has already chargsheeted Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma alias Kaalo and Chandrasheker Levae before the Distirct Judge Ajmer.
Chandrasheker got bail from the high court. Two other accused Harshad Solanki and Mukesh Vaasaani have already been chargsheeted by NIA before the CBI court.
