NEW DELHI: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction to quash three summons issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in connection with the land-for-jobs scam case. The plea submitted that notice under section 160 of the CrPC can only be issued to a person, who is situated within the local jurisdiction of that police station or is within the adjoining police station. Therefore, the Impugned Notices have been issued in gross violation of the provisions of the CrPC more particularly the provision stipulated in Section 160 of CrPC The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma will hear the matter on Thursday. The plea further stated that the Petitioner is a permanent resident of Patna, Bihar. However, the petitioner has received the above-mentioned Impugned Notices from the Respondent, requiring him to appear in New Delhi. The same is, however, in disregard of the law.Tejaswi Yadav through plea also prayed that directions be issued to the CBI that whenever the Petitioner is interrogated in the present FIR, he be allowed the presence of his advocate(s) at a visible but not audible distance, as per the law laid down by the Supreme Court of India.
