Case against IPS Kuldip Sharma quashed
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- Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:40
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Gujarat Global News Network, Anand
IPS officer Kuldip Sharma got major relief in the criminal case filed against him in Anand. The Gujarat HC quashed proceedings against the IPS officers by a court in Anand.
The IPS officer, who is known to not be on good terms with the state government, had appealed to the HC to dismiss the case against him. The case was registered against him in Anand after the state government sanctioned proceedings after a gap of 14 years.
 "The court has quashed the proceedings by observing that 'reading the complaint by face of it, there is no offence made out of it'. Therefore, the court, has accepted our submission against the proceedings," said IH Syed, counsel for Sharma. "We had also opposed state government's sanction in this case after a gap of 14 years," he said.Â
The offence has been registered following a complaint by Kirit Brahmbhatt, a retired DySP, regarding an incident that took place with him in 2001 when he was working under Sharma.Â
According to case details, when Brahmbhatt was posted in Anand in 1998, a complaint of criminal intimidation and corruption was lodged against him. The police then closed the case against him by submitting a summary report in the court.Â
Though, the court had accepted the closing report against Brahmbhatt which was not challenged, Sharma, as a superior officer with CID (Crime), ordered further investigation of the case against Brahmbhatt in 2001.Â
Sharma's action was challenged by former cop before the Gujarat high court. When the petition was pending before the high court, Sharma sent a team of police officers to arrest Brahmbhatt at his residence in Anand.
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