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Wednesday, Aug 24, 2005

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CBI directed to be humane with students

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DCE scam accused asked to cooperate with officers

NEW DELHI: Directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to "be humane and not to use the third degree" while interrogating accused students in the Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) scam case, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered the investigating agency to complete the probe within six weeks from the date of direction.

Directing all the accused students to appear before the investigating officers in the case at the agency's headquarters here, a Division Bench comprising Justice B.A. Khan and Justice Madan B. Lokur directed the Bureau to wrap up the investigation and submit a report on its findings to the Registrar of Delhi University for further proceedings by October 5.

The Registrar then would issue notices to the accused students seeking their replies to the charges, if any, on October 7, and thereafter on October 18 he would conduct inquiry proceedings on the basis of the probe report submitted by the agency, the Bench said. The University would provide full opportunities to these students to make their submissions in their defence before the Registrar, the Bench added.

It further directed the Registrar to pass its verdict in the case on October 21.

To protect the right of admission to DCE and the Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT) of the accused students, if found innocent, the Bench directed the two institutions and the University's Registrar to keep 33 seats in reserve to take in these students if cleared by the CBI or the Registrar.The Bench directed all the accused students to cooperate with the CBI in the probe. When counsel for the accused students and their parents complained to the Bench that the investigating agency had used the "third degree'' with the students who were summoned for interrogation, the Bench directed the agency to be "humane'' with them. However, it clarified that no interference would be allowed in the investigation.

The Bench also allowed the accused students to appear in the counselling scheduled to be held on August 31. It further directed DCE and NSIT to maintain a separate admission register for these students.

With the above-mentioned directions by the Division Bench, the appeals stands disposed of.

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