Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 09, 2010::
Fourteen police commandos today applied for anticipatory bail in the court of District and Sessions Judge, Manipur East before the CBI submitted chargesheet in the July 23 firing incident at Khwairamband Bazar, apparently fearing arrest by the CBI in the same case.
Those personnel who applied for anticipatory bail included Inspector Y Munal, Inspector Hijam Debendra, Th Jagat, Kaiminthang Paite, Ng Toyaima, K Somorjit, Makan Kanchung, L Choaba, K Punshiba, Th Herojit, W Binoykumar, Ch Ibotombi, O Kishore and Imran Khan.
However, names of some of the applicants were not mentioned in the charge-sheet and the court also not taken up the matter for hearing for the day.
The hearing to their applications is likely to conduct tomorrow.
Interestingly while the 14 police personnel are moving their anticipatory bail applications, the CBI submitted the charge-sheet to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal West.
As a result of it, the hearing on the bail application was not conducted, source said.