The Supreme Court bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi, which also comprised of Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna today held CBI Additional Director M Nageswara Rao guilty of contempt of court for transferring the investigating officer – former Joint Director A K Sharma- who was probing Bihar’s shelter home cases, out of the agency in violation of the court’s order.
The Court sentenced him to imprisonment till the rising of the Court and imposed a fine of Rs. one lakh, after noting that the transfer orders were passed by him despite knowing that the SC had ordered that the investigation team should not be changed.
S Bhasu Ram, in-charge Director of Prosecution CBI, who offered legal advise regarding the transfer orders, was also held guilty of contempt and was awarded the same punishment as given to Rao
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