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Rajasthan High Court acquits four men in 2008 Jaipur Serial Blasts Case, directs DGP to conduct enquiry against erring cops for making manipulations and fabrications during probe.

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A division bench of Justice Pankaj Bhandari and Justice Sameer Jain acquitted Saif, Saifurrehman, Sarvar Azmi and Salman.

In a judgment passed today, the court also held that the investigating agency should be made responsible for “negligent, cursory and inefficient action.”

“.. Investigation was not fair and it appears that nefarious means were employed by the Investigating Agencies, material witnesses required to unfold the events were withheld and apparent manipulations and fabrications have been done during the investigation,” court said.

Court: It is also observed that the Investigating Agency lacked the required legal skills as they were not aware about the statutory pre-requisites and mandatory requirements.

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Court: The approach of the Investigation Agency was plagued by insufficient legal knowledge, lack of proper training and insufficient expertise of investigation procedure, especially on issues like cyber crimes and even basic issues like admissibility of evidence.

Court: The failure on the part of the Investigation Agency has frustrated the case of the prosecution and the evidence so recorded is not fulfilling the chain of evidence.

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Court: It is duty the police to secure and record the complete evidence, to investigate in a sincere manner, to identify the culprits/accused, frame charges and assist the prosecution. However, in the instant case, the investigation agency has utterly failed to do so.

“This Court has no hesitation to hold that the investigation was flawed, shoddy and there were lapses on the part of the investigation team,” the court said.

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