A special CBI court on Thursday, allowed the petition filed by RK Agrawal, prime accused in the horse trading case during Rajya Sabha elections of 2012, seeking reprieve from being handcuffed while being produced before the court. Agrawal had also demanded adequate security during his production before the court.
“Directions have been given by the court to the jail authorities not to handcuff Agarwal during his production before the court,” said Agarawal’s advocate Vikrant. The court also directed the jail authorities to provide adequate security to Agrawal in the jail. The court also passed orders directing jail authorities to carry him to the court as per the provisions according to the jail manual.
A total of three demands were made by Agrawal’s advocate on whom the court passed directions on Thursday. “We had made put three requests before the court- firstly, direction to the jail authorities not to handcuff Agrawal while being produced before the court, secondly adequate security to be provided to him inside and outside the jail and lastly, to provide special vehicle to ferry him to and fro to the court,” said the advocate. Agrawal, a Jamshedpur based businessman was arrested by the CBI on May 14 from Ranchi and was sent to the judicial custody of 14 days.