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| BMW expose: R K Anand, Khan found |
| NDTV's BMW case expose: Anand, Khan found guilty
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| INDIA
, 21-August-2008
1:55:4 AM |
| Delhi High Court has found R K Anand and I U Khan guilty in NDTV's BMW case expose that showed the nexus between defence and prosecution lawyers and a witness in the BMW hit and run case.
Anand and Khan have been convicted in the case for obstructing administration of justice.
A Division Bench headed by Justices Manmohan Sarin and Madan B Lokur has barred R K Anand, I U Khan from appearing in High Court and all Delhi courts for four months.
However, they can practice legal consultancy.
The court has also recommended stripping the convicted lawyers of their designation as senior advocates while imposing Rs 2,000 as fine on them.
The court, however, acquitted advocate Bhagwan Saini, associated with the BMW trial, of the contempt charges but cautioned him against indulging in unfair practices.
NDTV's expose caught defence lawyer RK Anand persuading a witness Sunil Kulkarni to change his testimony to save Sanjeev Nanda in collusion with public prosecutor I U Khan.
Sanjeev Nanda allegedly ran over seven people in January 1999, killing six of them. The case is still pending in the lower court and is in the final stages.
Nanda is the grandson of Admiral S M Nanda and son of arms dealer Suresh Nanda and is out on bail at present.
NDTV had submitted DVDs of all edited and unedited footage in court.
Both Anand and Khan said the tapes are doctored. However, both lawyers also contradicted themselves by acknowledging the conversation they had with Kulkarni.
Anand accused NDTV of bribing Kulkarni to frame him.
After viewing the clips, the judges said they were convinced that the tapes were not doctored.
The expose by NDTV had an immediate impact. The public prosecutor was removed the very next day and the Delhi High Court took suo motu cognizance.
The court also called the expose a serious matter, one that points to a "dangerous trend in the criminal justice system".
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