Chandigarh: In a statement issued here by Leader of opposition Khaira said that the summons issued by a Fazilka court ofcourse are of judicial nature but a careful perusal of the events that led to these summons are politically motivated and part of a well planned conspiracy hatched against him by the Captain Amarinder Singh government. Khaira said he is also completely taken aback and appalled how a court could issue summons to him u/s 319 when the trial had concluded, in total violation of the latest High Court judgement passed in the case of Tarsem Singh vs State of Punjab {2013 (3) RCR (Criminal) 585} which clearly states that no person can be summoned as an additional accused to face trial alongwith other co-accused after the conclusion of the trial of the main case.
Khaira said the political vendetta and the conspiracy stands totally exposed in view of the contradictory and mischievous statements made by SP Ajmer Singh and Inspector Jaswant Singh PW4 and PW5 witnesses respectively in the trial. Initially the said SP Ajmer Singh and Inspector Jaswant Singh while making their statements before the court never made any mention of my name, thereafter again while deposing for chief and cross examination in 2016 again never made any statement about me. But now after Captain Amarinder Singh took over as CM, both SP Ajmer Singh and Inspector Jaswant Singh were recalled by the prosecution on 14.09.2017 vide application u/s 311 which was surprisingly allowed by court on that very day. Clearly acting under political directions, the said police officers stated before the court that one of the accused had named me as their accomplice.
Khaira said strangely the issue of call details being attributed to him were placed by one Constable Ravinderpal Singh PW13 before the trial court. The said call details are unverified and neither have been substantiated by way of any certificate by the cellular provider as required under section 65-B of the Indian Evidence Act, a fact admitted by PW13 during his cross examination. Thus Khaira said issue of call details is frivolous and inadmissible before the court of law.
Khaira while trashing the case diary maintained by the police as a forged and fake document, said it was not prepared in accordance with the Section 172 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, was neither signed by the Magistrate nor paginated and wasn’t in the format prescribed by the Punjab government. Khaira said the case diary has been prepared on a white paper and the said police officers have forged and faked a zimni to implicate me in this case.
Khaira said keeping in view the above stated facts and grave violations committed by the police and the prosecution, it is clear beyond doubt that I am being victimised, targeted and hounded by the Captain Amarinder Singh government. This is a perfect case of political terrorism being unleashed by the government upon its opponents with the intention to intimidate and gag the voice of opposition in Punjab. Khaira said the entire proceedings ofcourse have been given a garb of judicial order and summoning by a trial court but the truth is that the Punjab government has hatched a deep rooted conspiracy to frame him. Khaira vowed that he would relentlessly continue his struggle against corruption, injustice and different kinds of mafia and will not succumb to the threats of the current government.
LoP Khaira said he would be moving the High Court shortly to challenge the erroneous and unlawful summoning u/s 319 grossly violative of the law of the land.