The Central Bureau of Investigation has no objection to N.K. Amin turning approver provided he first records his confessional statement before a magistrate, a CBI lawyer told a special CBI court here on Tuesday.
The agency has also opposed an application by former DIG D.G. Vanzara and seven other police officers, accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, objecting to co-accused N.K. Amin turning approver in the case.
In its reply filed in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate A.Y. Dave, the CBI said the application of the eight accused objecting to Amin becoming approver, was “devoid of any merit and deserves to be rejected”.
The investigating agency further said that if the court allows Mr N.K. Amin’s plea, further proceedings would take place as per the provisions of CrPC.
Mr N.K. Amin had last week filed an application to become approver and had also asked the court to grant him pardon in the case.
CBI counsel Ejaz Khan submitted in the court that before considering Amin’s application for pardon his confessional statement needs to be recorded under CrPC 164(2).
And after verifying his statement, the CBI might consider his application of becoming an approver, Mr Ejaz Khan said.