In the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, the CBI court rejected the plea of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar for summoning former CBI Joint Director Arun Kumar and 12 others as witness.
The defence counsel of Talwars, Manoj Shishodia, said, “We requested the court since the CBI had submitted a list of 141 witnesses but produced only 39 for testimony. The 12 witnesses whom we have requested the court to summon are from the original list of the CBI which it submitted. We have added one additional name then joint director CBI Arun Kumar who claimed Talwars innocent at that time.”
However, the court rejected the application. The order came late at 5.30 pm and the contents could not be known. Shishodia said, “In next hearing on May 6, we shall apply for the certified copy and then initiate our move.”
The court has ordered to depose the culprits — Talwars for the statement under Section 313 of CrPC. The next step would be taken only after seeing the contents on Monday, the defence counsel added.
The cross examination of the witness has already been concluded and now the defence has to present its evidences for which the defence at first phase submitted an application to summon 12 persons for testimony. But the court has asked to depose Talwars and adjourned the hearing for May 06.