Madras HC judge threatens to write to government over Union Minister seeking to influence him
30 Jun 2009, 1104 Hrs

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Chennai, June 30 A Madras High Court judge has threatened to write to the Central government and the Prime Minister about a Union Minister seeking to influence him to release a medical student petitioner and his father, a doctor on anticipatory bail.

According to Justice R Regupathi, the unnamed Union Minister had sought to influence him to grant anticipatory bail to the student and his father. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked both of them in connection with a forged mark sheet case.

The judge has said that the advocate appearing in the case has to submit a written unconditional apology by Tuesday to end the matter relating to the anticipatory bail pleas of S Kiruba Shridhar, a third-year MBBS student in a private medical college in Puducherry, and his father, C. Krishnamurthy.

Justice Regupathi has said that he is not inclined to grant any relief. He told the counsel of the two accused that he had already rejected their pleas on June 15. He said he would reject it this time as well. To this, the advocate complained that the judge was passing orders on the basis of the submission of the prosecutors alone.

The judge said unless an unconditional apology was tendered, he would incorporate details of the conversation in his order.

He then referred the case to Madras High Court Chief Justice H L Gokhale with a request that the matter be posted before another bench for appropriate orders. (ANI)

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