The special CBI court in Chandigarh on Saturday adjourned proceedings in the case against Ribhav Rishi and others to September 16 for scrutiny of the challan and awaiting mandatory sanctions against several accused.
Special Judge Bhawna Jain ordered that accused Ribhav Rishi, Abhay Kumar, Seema Dhiman, Abhishek Singla, Swati Singla, Ankur Sharma, Sukhwinder Singh Abrol, Sahil Kukkar and Vikram Wadhwa be kept in judicial custody till the next date and produced through video conferencing. The court recorded that sanctions in respect of accused Rishi and four others, including Sukhwinder Singh Abrol and Sahil Kukkar, had not yet been received. The EOW later filed its reply to the vehicle-release application. The court took the reply on record and directed the concerned official to appear in court well in time on the next date.
Rishi and Ankur Sharma, who are currently on three day police remand in a separate FIR registered at Sector 5 police station, Panchkula, were produced before the court through video conferencing from police post Sector 10, Panchkula. The court was informed that the two had been sent on police remand by the chief judicial magistrate, Panchkula, on August 27. The matter was accordingly fixed for September 16 for scrutiny of the challan and awaiting the sanctions. The court also issued a bailable warrant of ₹ 10,000 against the in-charge of the economic offences wing (EOW), Sector 17, Chandigarh, after the official failed to appear despite notice having been duly served. The direction was issued in connection with an application seeking release of a vehicle bearing registration number CH-01-CD-7288.
