Assam: Amritpal Singh produced earlier than Dibrugarh court docket through VC in jail devices case

The proceedings, performed earlier than First Class Judicial Magistrate Chandan Saikia, noticed Singh seem from the Dibrugarh Police Station, the place he’s at present being held underneath tight safety. Nine of his associates, who had been earlier lodged alongside him in Dibrugarh however later transferred to numerous jails in Punjab had been additionally produced concurrently through video-conference from Goindwal, Bhatinda and Patiala jails.

The case dates again to February 17, 2024, when the then Superintendent of Dibrugarh Central Jail, Nipen Das, recovered a spy-camera pen, a smartphone with a SIM card, a keypad cellphone, a TV distant with a keyboard, pen drives, Bluetooth headphones, audio system and a smartwatch from the high-security NSA cell the place Singh and his 9 aides had been lodged. An FIR was subsequently registered at Dibrugarh Police Station. Notably, Das, himself was arrested on March 8, 2024, in reference to the identical case and charged underneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Assam Prisons Act and felony conspiracy.

Singh’s counsel, Jasbir Kaur, stated the proceedings had been performed by way of video-conference as permitted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. She acknowledged that every one detainees, together with these lodged in jails in Punjab, had been produced through video-conference.

Kaur added that two witnesses had been produced on Friday. With one witness having been examined earlier, the defence has to date cross-examined three witnesses.

Singh was re-arrested by a Punjab Police workforce on Thursday, hours after his NSA detention expired at midnight on April 22. He was taken into two-day police custody in reference to the Ajnala police station assault case of February 2023. The Punjab and Haryana High Court had final week permitted the Punjab authorities to arrest him after the expiry of his NSA time period, whereas permitting proceedings to be performed through video-conference.

According to his counsel, Singh will stay at Dibrugarh Police Station till Saturday, after which he can be shifted again to Dibrugarh Central Jail.