Mumbai (Maharashtra): The former Mumbai Police commissioner, Parambir Singh has been granted interim relief by the Bombay High court on Thursday, in an SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act case.
According to the sources, the state government was instructed not to arrest him till June 9. A bench of Justice Shah Rukh Kathawala and Justice Surendra Tawde conducted the hearing. The state government has testified that the Mumbai High Court will not make any arrests or take any stern action in the case till June 15. The hearing on the petition has been adjourned. The next hearing will be held on Monday.
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Earlier, Senior counsel Darius Khambata, appearing for the Maharashtra government, alleged that Singh indulged in corrupt practices. "Singh tried to get the complainant (Bhimrao Ghadge) do his dirty work and when he refused, Singh got him suspended," he argued. The FIR is based on a complaint by police inspector Ghadge, now posted at Akola in Maharashtra.
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Ghadge made a series of allegations of corruption against Singh and other officers when Singh was posted in Thane. The IPS officer pressured him to drop the names of some persons from a case and when he refused, Singh framed him up in false cases, the FIR, now transferred to Thane, claimed.
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