SC to hear PP Pandey’s plea on Monday, no interim relief till then


New Delhi, 8 August 2013

The Supreme Court today refused to grant interim protection to senior IPS officer PP Pandey from being arrested by the CBI in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case but agreed to hear his plea on Monday,August 12.

A bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjana Desai agreed to hear his appeal against Gujarat High Court order rejecting his anticipatory bail plea.

Senior Advocate Jaspal Singh, appearing for Pandey, urged the court to grant him protection till Monday but the bench turned down his request saying that it will hear the matter on August 12.