Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 6: Special Judge NIA Jatinder Singh Jamwal today granted 15 days judicial remand of former Bar President Kashmir M A Qayoom, who was arrested by the SIA on June 25 or his alleged involvement in the murder conspiracy of fellow advocate Babar Qadri in 2020.
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Abdul Qayoom, son of Mian Abdul Rahim of Barzulla, Srinagar, was produced before the court by Farooq Qaiser, SSP (FIU) CID Hqrs, with the prayer for remanding him to the judicial custody for a period of 15 days on the grounds that investigation of the case is still in progress.
The accused informed the court that being himself a practicing lawyer having more than 40 years of experience at the Bar, he has not engaged any counsel for him and also refused the services of the Legal Aid Defence Counsel and himself opposed the application for extension of Police remand.
The accused, however, did not oppose the prayer of the Investigation Agency for remanding him to judicial custody. However, he insisted that his place of lodgment should be at Central Jail Kot Bhalwal for the reason that better medical-care facilities are available in the jail.
The Chief Investigation Officer, on the other hand, assured the court that adequate medical-care shall be ensured to the accused and further submitted that the District Jail Jammu is equally well-equipped and all the hospitals, including the Super Specialty Hospital, at Jammu are nearer to the District Jail. He further submitted that the accused has no right to insist for lodgment in a particular jail of his choice and convenience.
After perusing the latest entries in the case-diary and considering the submissions made by Special PP Anuj Gupta, court demanded the accused to judicial custody till July 20 with the direction to Superintendent, District Jail Jammu to produce him before the competent court of law on that day. Court also directed that the accused person shall be subjected to medical-examination under rule and adequate medical-care, as per requirement, shall be made available to him.
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