In its plea in the Supreme Court to transfer the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter trial out of Gujarat, the CBI has accused the entire state machinery as “complicit” in the “atrocious crimes”; described itself as being a “minority” and on the backfoot; and said it cannot protect witnesses from “systematic elimination” by the accused. Excerpts from the CBI’s transfer petition and its synopsis filed in the Supreme Court:
OBJECTIVE
This transfer petition is being filed to ensure that one of the most controversial criminal trials in the country does not get mired and crushed by political and religious pressures.
POLARISATION
The respondents have consciously given a communal hue to the entire case, thereby polarising religious feelings in the state.
NO FAITH
In a state of ascending disharmony and unrest between religious communities, it is virtually impossible for the justice delivery machinery to render justice objectively and without fear or favour. It is submitted that a free and fair trial would not be held if the same is conducted in the State of Gujarat.
OBJECTIVE
This transfer petition is being filed to ensure that one of the most controversial criminal trials in the country does not get mired and crushed by political and religious pressures.
POLARISATION
The respondents have consciously given a communal hue to the entire case, thereby polarising religious feelings in the state.
NO FAITH
In a state of ascending disharmony and unrest between religious communities, it is virtually impossible for the justice delivery machinery to render justice objectively and without fear or favour. It is submitted that a free and fair trial would not be held if the same is conducted in the State of Gujarat.
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