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By Our Legal Correspondent
NEW DELHI, JAN. 4. The Supreme Court today sought the response of cellular operators whether jammers could be installed to prevent the use of mobile phones by prisoners. A Bench of Justice N. Santosh Hegde and Justice S.B. Sinha, hearing a plea for transfer of Pappu Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal MP, from Beur Jail in Patna to a jail outside Bihar, observed: "there are instances where powerful persons have been found using their cell phones from jails." Mr. Yadav is in jail for his alleged involvement in the murder of the CPI(M) leader, Ajit Sarkar. The Bench said the cell phone facility was being misused by influential people from elsewhere also but it would first deal with the misuse in jails. The Additional Solicitor-General, Amrendra Saran, appearing for the CBI, submitted that the Court should pass an appropriate order on the transfer of Mr. Yadav to a jail outside the State to ensure justice in the case. He submitted that Mr. Yadav could be shifted to any one of the six jails, Poonamallee (near Chennai), Palayamkottai, Vellore, Coimbatore (in Tamil Nadu), Mysore and Sabarmati where video conferencing facilities were available. Senior counsel R.K. Jain, appearing for Mr. Yadav, pointed out that if the appeal against a Patna High Court order granting bail to his client was dismissed, then shifting him would be an exercise in futility. Appearing for Reliance Infocomm, senior counsel Harish Salve submitted that while one of the two mobile phones seized from the Beur Central Jail was issued by it to the sister of Mr. Yadav, the other was used outside the jail. The Bench posted the case for further hearing on January 11.
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