Court issues production warrant for two Zee editors for December 8

A Delhi court has issued warrants to produce two Zee News editors before it on December 8, on a plea by police for their custody.

The police has sought their custody to confront them with Zee group Chairman Subhash Chandra and his son in a case of their alleged bid to extort Rs 100 crore from Congress MP Naveen Jindal's group firm.

Metropolitan Magistrate Neha issued the production warrants, directing jail authorities to produce Zee News head Sudhir Chaudhary and Zee Business Editor Samir Ahluwalia before her.

"Issue production warrant to accused Sudhir and Samir(for December 8)," the court said.

Both Chaudhary and Ahluwalia, presently lodged in Tihar, have been booked under section 384 (extortion), 420(cheating), 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment) of the IPC.

The court had rejected their bail pleas on 03 December 2012 saying they have not given any new ground for their release on bail in their fresh applications after dismissal of their first one on November 28.

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/legal-news/item/663-court-issues-production-warrant-for-two-zee-editors-for-december-8.html
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