The Supreme Court today allowed Sathish Sana, the whistleblower in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) matter, to seek police protection..A Bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph heard Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran and K Parameshwar, appearing for Sana, before allowing the prayer for police protection..However, the Court refused to stay the notice by CBI dated October 26 asking Sana to attend the proceedings..The Court also refused to allow the prayer seeking the recording of his statement in the presence of Justice (Retd) AK Patnaik, who has been tasked with supervising the probe into CBI Director Alok Verma..Sathish Sana had yesterday approached the Supreme Court seeking police protection, fearing a threat to his life and liberty. In his application, Sana had also asked for his interrogation to be carried out under the supervision of retired judge of the Supreme Court AK Patnaik J., who will also be monitoring the inquiry against Alok Verma..Sana’s statement formed the basis for the CBI FIR filed against the agency’s Special Director Rakesh Asthana. He had alleged that Asthana received a bribe of Rs 2 Crore in exchange for a clean chit to Sana in an investigation in the case relating to meat trader Moin Qureshi..Shortly after the FIR was registered, the CBI headquarters was raided and a couple of arrests were made pursuant to the FIR. Thereafter, the Centre sent both the Director and the Special Director of the CBI on leave. The investigating team probing the allegations of bribery against Asthana was also overhauled..Sana was summoned for questioning by the new Investigating Officer on October 26 by way of a notice which was pasted at the door of his residence in Hyderabad..Read the order below.
The Supreme Court today allowed Sathish Sana, the whistleblower in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) matter, to seek police protection..A Bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph heard Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran and K Parameshwar, appearing for Sana, before allowing the prayer for police protection..However, the Court refused to stay the notice by CBI dated October 26 asking Sana to attend the proceedings..The Court also refused to allow the prayer seeking the recording of his statement in the presence of Justice (Retd) AK Patnaik, who has been tasked with supervising the probe into CBI Director Alok Verma..Sathish Sana had yesterday approached the Supreme Court seeking police protection, fearing a threat to his life and liberty. In his application, Sana had also asked for his interrogation to be carried out under the supervision of retired judge of the Supreme Court AK Patnaik J., who will also be monitoring the inquiry against Alok Verma..Sana’s statement formed the basis for the CBI FIR filed against the agency’s Special Director Rakesh Asthana. He had alleged that Asthana received a bribe of Rs 2 Crore in exchange for a clean chit to Sana in an investigation in the case relating to meat trader Moin Qureshi..Shortly after the FIR was registered, the CBI headquarters was raided and a couple of arrests were made pursuant to the FIR. Thereafter, the Centre sent both the Director and the Special Director of the CBI on leave. The investigating team probing the allegations of bribery against Asthana was also overhauled..Sana was summoned for questioning by the new Investigating Officer on October 26 by way of a notice which was pasted at the door of his residence in Hyderabad..Read the order below.
