Chaini Parwani –
Published on: November 30, 2021 at 11: 53 IST
The Supreme Court on Monday demanded Gangster Vikas Dubey’s wife Richa Dubey to surrender before the Trial Court in seven days to solicit regular bail.
A Bench comprising of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Bela M Trivedi heard the matter. The Supreme Court stated “We observe that the Petitioner (Richa Dubey) is entitled to raise all Pleas and Contentions at the time of Arguments on framing of Charge, which Arguments will be considered in accordance with the Law without being influenced by the observations made in the Impugned Order.”
Further the Supreme Court while dismissing the Petition highlighted that the Petitioner should submit an application for regular bail and is given 7 days to surrender and that Bail will be considered in accordance with the law.
Richa Dubey had moved the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court’s October 1 Order refusing to quash entire criminal proceedings in a case registered against her under Sections 419 (Cheating by Personation) and 420 (Cheating) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly using her house help’s SIM card without his will.
Senior advocate Salman Khurshid representing Richa, prayed before the Court that she was granted Anticipatory Bail till the filing of the Chargesheet and as the chargesheet has been filed, Dubey would be filing an application for Regular Bail and may be granted 10 days time to Surrender.
Gangster Vikas Dubey, the originator in killing of eight policemen in Kanpur’s infamous Bikru encounter, was shot dead by the Uttar Pradesh Police as he tried to flee from their Custody.
Richa Dubey was using a SIM Card which was originally in the name of one Mahesh, the house help of Vikas Dubey and Richa Dubey, against his will. Mahesh, in his statement registered under Section 161 Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), had stated that his mobile SIM card was being used by Richa Dubey since 2017 against his will.