Taking a tough stand in the Horse trading case during the Rajya Sabha Elections of 2012, the Jharkhand High Court on Monday directed the State police to arrest JMM MlA Sita Soren, accused in an abduction case of her former PA Vikas Pandey, by May 6. A division court of Chief Justice Prakash Tatia and Justice Jaya Roy also directed state DGP and Home Secretary to appear personally before it, if the police fail to arrest Soren during the prescribed time.
“In case Sita Soren is not arrested before May 6, the DGP and Home Secretary of Jharkhand will have to appear before the court with an affidavit that why she has not been arrested till date,” said Advocate Rajeev Kumar.
Meanwhile, an affidavit was submitted by the police before the Court saying that despite raids conducted in Odisha and other places she has not yet been located by the police.
On the other hand the CBI in its status report submitted before the court that investigations have been completed in the horse-trading case and is preparing to file charge-sheet in the case. According to the CBI some sanctions are yet to be obtained against some of the persons accused in the case.
The court had granted two weeks time to the State Government on April 02 for arresting Soren expressing displeasure over the status report submitted by the CBI.