The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Bail imminent for Mohamed Ali

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Thursday, Sep 30, 2004

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Bail imminent for Mohamed Ali

By A. Subramani

CHENNAI, SEPT. 29. Having spent 90 days in custody in connection with a fake stamp paper case, the suspended Deputy Inspector-General of Police, A.P. Mohamed Ali, is set to be released on bail in a day or two.

His release, along with two others, is imminent, in view of the Central Bureau of Investigation's failure to file the charge sheet within 90 days of his arrest.

Under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the presiding officer shall order the release of the accused on bail if the final report is not laid within the mandatory 90 days for the type of offences the three have been charged with. For offences attracting a punishment below 10-year imprisonment the mandatory period is only 60 days.

According to sources, Mr. Ali's counsel is likely to file his bail papers in the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court at Egmore here tomorrow. Arrested on July 1, Mr. Ali; a Deputy Superintendent of Police, S. Sankar; and a senior Life Insurance Corporation official, Ramasamy Sadhu, were remanded to four-day CBI custody the next day, ``to unravel the conspiracy.''

The police officials were arrested on the charges of not taking effective steps to curb the fake stamp paper menace, despite their having arrested some persons in connection with the scam.

According to the prosecution, Mr. Ali and Mr. Sankar suppressed certain important facts in the course of investigation in 2002 to save the accused. They also allowed a co-accused of the stamp paper scam mastermind, Abdul Karim Telgi, and his associates to continue fake stamp paper sale in Tamil Nadu.

Mr. Sadhu was accused of conspiring with the accused, including Telgi and Nizamuddin, in selling fake insurance stamps to various LIC offices in the State by using his influence as an active member of the LIC officers association.

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