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Tomar moves bail plea, claims arrest illegal
New Delhi, June 10
Former Delhi law minister
Jitender Singh Tomar on Wednesday moved his bail application in a
sessions court here, alleging that Delhi Police did not comply with the
requisite legal formalities before arresting him.
Seeking bail, Tomar told the court that he has been falsely implicated in the case.
"The
question of absconding of the applicant/accused (Tomar) does not arise
as he is sitting MLA and has deep roots in society, has a family and is
permanent resident of Delhi," said the bail application moved by Tomar's
advocates C.L. Gupta and Neha Rastogi.
It added that Tomar was
law minister of the Delhi government and police did not comply with the
requisite legal formalities before his arrest.
"The applicant
(Tomar) was never served with any prior summons or notice before his
arrest and police obtained his signature today (Wednesday) on some
documents and have created documents to show that he was served with the
said documents," the bail application said.
The advocates said
the entire case was based on documentary evidence and Tomar had also
handed over all documents whatsoever were available.
He fully cooperated with the investigating agency and would continue to cooperate, they added.
Tomar's advocates told the court he would not try to tamper with evidence.
"The
college has already filed an affidavit before the Delhi High Court,
where the High Court is also seized of the matter, to the effect that
the degree of the applicant (Tomar) is genuine," the application added.
Tomar moved another application to challenge his arrest in the alleged fake degree case.
The
applications were mentioned before Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev
Jain, who refused an early hearing on Tomar's plea and posted the matter
for Thursday.
In his application, Tomar called his arrest illegal, saying police did not follow proper procedure while apprehending him.
A
magistrate court on Tuesday sent Tomar to four-day police custody
following his arrest in the alleged fake law degree case. The court also
rejected his bail application.
Delhi Police arrested Tomar on Tuesday and slapped a case of cheating, forgery and conspiracy against him.
Police
also told the court that the investigation in the case was at its
initial stages and the documents pertaining to the law degree obtained
by Tomar were "fake".