On Thursday, Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court remanded Congress leer and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram to judicial custody till September 19. CBI h moved an application seeking his judicial custody as Section 167(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) mandates a maximum custody period of 15 days. Earlier in day, Supreme Court (SC) denied Chidambaram anticipatory bail in case registered by Enforcement Directorate (ED) pertaining to INX Media. Here are three ways in which Chidambaram’s arrogance got punctured in Special CBI court: 

‘ evidence’ argument 

Kapil Sibal, senior vocate, and vocate for accused, agreed that charges were serious in nature. However, he contended that re was evidence in matter. He furr argued that  chargesheet was filed against Chidambaram. Sibal also mentioned that re was concrete proof of his client having tampered with evidence. This argument clearly did t withstand judicial scrutiny. 

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‘Chidambaram did t speak to witness’ 

Sibal articulated point of view that former Home Minister did t speak to any witness in case. He ded that as case was based on documentary evidence, re was question of accused trying to tamper with evidence or influence a witness. This contention runs contrary to Indrani Mukerjea’s confessional statement to CBI under Section 164 of  CrPC, where she claimed that Chidambaram directed her and her husband Peter to help his son Karti. She maintained that money exchanged hands benefiting Chidambaram far-son duo. His stance thus, prima facie could t convince court. 

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‘Rey to surrender before ED’ 

In a startling turn of events, vocate for accused stated that Chidambaram was rey to surrender before ED. Sibal used this as an excuse to prevent his client from being remanded to judicial custody. He went to quote SC judgment in KK Giridhar case to seek Chidambaram’s release. basic premise of accused was that judicial custody was t a natural consequence of police custody. Sibal commented that Magistrate must be convinced of necessity of judicial custody. However, in process, SC h refused to interfere in bail plea, reby implying that re were t eugh grounds to grant Chidambaram bail. Subsequently,  CBI Judge did t accept any of se claims and thus, Chidambaram will have to spend next 14 days in Tihar jail.

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