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Absconding doctor surrenders

Staff Reporter

Vikas Gill sent to three days' police remand

NEW DELHI: A Chandigarh-based doctor who had allegedly issued a fake medical certificate to Vikas Gill, one of the accused in the Jessica Lal murder case, surrendered in the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) here on Tuesday.

Dr. J. S. Bedi had on Monday informed the Delhi High Court that he would surrender before the Delhi police. He had also withdrawn his anticipatory bail application.

ACMM Kamini Lau sent Dr. Bedi to three days' police remand after his surrender.

Vikas Gill had used the certificate for securing exemption from personal appearance in the trial of the Jessica Lal murder case.

Ms. Lau had on August 25 issued a non-bailable warrant against Dr. Bedi on an application by the Delhi police saying that the accused had been avoiding his appearance before them for interrogation in connection with the case.

On a Delhi High Court direction, the police registered a case against the doctor in April this year.

The alleged culpability of the doctor had come to light when the police submitted in the High Court that Gill, who was tried and acquitted along with eight other accused in the case in February this year, had left the country without permission of the court during the trial and has been absconding since.

"Vikas Gill had left the country on October 9, 2004, without the permission of the trial court when the trial proceedings were pending '' the Standing Counsel for the Delhi police, Mukta Gupta, had stated in the High Court.

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