Ketan Agarwal Murder Case: In the Ketan Agarwal murder case, Vadgaon Maval Court of Pune has sent the accused Chetan Chaudhary and Siya Goyal to 4 days police custody, whereas the police had asked for 7 days custody. Know why the court did this?
Pune (Maharashtra): Advocate Radhikesh Uttarwar, counsel for Chetan Chaudhary, accused in the Ketan Agarwal murder case, on Wednesday said that the police remand report was almost completely silent on why physical interrogation was needed.
This statement came when Vadgaon Maval Court sent accused Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary to police custody for only 4 days instead of 7 days, whereas the police had demanded 7 days custody.
Know what argument the defense side presented in the court?
Speaking to ANI, the defense lawyer said that it is the responsibility of the investigating officer to convince the court that there has been some progress in the investigation and further custody is necessary. He further said that the defense argued what investigations related to Chaudhary were still pending.
Sia Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary appeared in the court
“When both Chetan and Siya were produced in the court, it was after their initial seven-day police remand. Now, after getting the seven-day custody, it is the duty of the investigating officer to inform the court about the progress made in the investigation and to give cogent reasons for further police custody if further police custody is required. Our submission was specifically on what investigation is still pending in respect of Chetan.”
Why was the remand report completely silent?
- Uttarwar further said that the remand report was completely silent except on two points – one was the recovery of clothes and the other was the need to conduct gait analysis. But the report failed to explain why there was a need to keep Choudhary in police custody for another seven days, due to which the court granted him four days’ custody till July 3.
- “Regarding the recovery of the clothes, we argued that the reasons given were not enough to justify a further seven days of detention, especially when seven days had already been given,” he said.
- He further said, “Moreover, detailed analysis of mobile phone records or other documents does not require physical custody; this can also be done through MCR (Magistrate Court Remand) procedures. As far as gate analysis is concerned, we argued that seven days of police custody was completely unnecessary for this purpose. The police had asked for seven days, but the court granted four days, and granted custody till July 3.”