Ex-president of Kerala HC Advocates Association says case in opposition to him a conspiracy

Kochi, Feb 14: Former president of the Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association (KHCAA) Saiby Jose Kidangoor on Tuesday instructed the High Court that the allegations in opposition to him — that he took cash from purchasers underneath the pretext of bribing judges — was cooked up by an individual referred to as Aby and another legal professionals who’re in opposition to him.

Kidangoor who give up the president’s put up early this month after the police registered an FIR in opposition to him, knowledgeable the courtroom that he was able to co-operate with the investigation.

The courtroom requested him to cooperate with the probe and mentioned let the reality come out which might be helpful to him additionally.

Trouble started for Kidangoor when a colleague of his put up a Facebook put up through which he mentioned that Kidangoor had been accumulating massive sums of cash from some purchasers, together with some celeb purchasers, saying that he would use it to bribe judges.

Following this, one of many judges, Justice PV Kunhikrishnan, requested the High Court registrar normal to look into the allegations.

The registrar normal submitted an preliminary report back to the Chief Justice who in flip directed the vigilance wing of the High Court to provoke an enquiry.

The vigilance wing’s probe discovered prima facie proof that Kidangoor had taken cash from his purchasers by saying that he would use it to bribe some judges.

The vigilance report was despatched to the Kerala Police which launched a probe.

After conducting a preliminary enquiry, the Ernakulam Central Police Station had registered a primary data report (FIR) in opposition to Kidangoor on February 1.

Kidangoor has been charged underneath Section 420 (dishonest and dishonesty) of the Indian Penal Code which is a cognisable and non-bailable offence.

He has additionally been charged underneath Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act which offers with the offence of public servants taking gratification apart from the authorized remuneration in respect of an official act.

Kidangoor subsequently moved the High Court with the current petition looking for to quash the FIR.

The Court on Tuesday posted the case to be taken up after two weeks and requested Kidangoor to look earlier than the investigating officer as and when required and cooperate with the investigation.

Ex-president of Kerala HC Advocates Association says case in opposition to him a conspiracy IANS 14 February 2023 Post Your Comments

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