Thursday, 27 February 2014

Subrata Roy apologizes to SC, UP cops fail to locate him at Lucknow home

NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: A team of UP Police that went to Sahara Shahar in Lucknow on Thursday to execute the non-bailable warrant issued by Supreme Court against Subrata Roy had to return as the Sahara chief was not present at his residence.

"The Sahara chief was not at home, our seniors will decide the next step," the cop who led the team told reporters.


The move of UP Police comes a day after the Supreme Court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the Sahara chief, following his failure to appear before it in a contempt case arising out of non refund of Rs 20,000 crore to investors by two of his companies.


The Sahara chief, meanwhile, moved the apex court again on Thursday for relief from arrest and offered unconditional apology for his non-appearance.


In the fresh plea, Subrata Roy sought cancellation of non-bailable arrest warrant issued against him and undertook to appear before it on March 4.


Roy also sought recall of the apex court's Wednesday's order in which non-bailable warrant was issued against him and police was ordered to arrest and produce him before it on March 4.


A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar had rejected Roy's plea to exempt him from personal appearance on the ground of ill-health of his 92-year-old mother.


Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, who had appeared for Roy, had produced a medical certificate from Sahara Hospital, Lucknow, on the condition of Roy's mother and recommended that he be allowed on "humane as well as medical grounds" to be with his mother at this stage.


The bench had said since it had on February 25 declined to grant exemption, it did not find reason to accede to the renewal of the request made on Wednesday.


The three directors of Sahara group, who were also summoned along with Roy, had appeared in the court on Wednesday.


The court had on February 20 come down heavily on the Sahara group for not refunding Rs 20,000 crore of investors money despite its order and summoned Roy, Ravi Shankar Dubey, Ashok Roy Choudhary and Vandana Bhargava, directors of its firms Sahara India Real Estate Corp Ltd (SIREC) and Sahara India Housing Investment Corp Ltd (SHIC) to be personally present before it on Wednesday.


(With inputs from PTI)






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