Uttarkhand High Court on Friday gave respite to Balakrishna by putting a stay on his arrest put forward by the CBI till 29th August. Balakrishna who is facing charges of procuring passport with the aid of fake docments sought ten days time for appearance before the agency which the CBI rejected.
CBI has asked Balakrishna to appear before it on 4th August for questioning in connection with above said charges levelled against him.
Dharini Mishra, a spokesperson of CBI said that all the extensions given to him to appear before CBI is done under normal procedures.
Earlier anticipating the arrest by the investigation agency Balakrishna moved High Court to quash the cases filed by CBI against him. Today, the single bench of justices of High Court stayed the arrest of Balakrishna and asked him to surrender his passport within ten days and directed him to not to leave the coutry till August 29 (the date when next hearing is scheduled). High Court also asked the CBI to co-operate with them in the whole investigation.
Earlier this week, CBI had summoned Balakrishna to appear before Dehradun office on Thursday. Balakrishna send a fax in which he requested for more time to retreive his passport from the British High Commission. CBI turned down his request and asked him to appear on Friday. In between Balakrishna moved High Court for getting anticipatory bail against posible CBI action.
CBI had also issued a look-out notice against him after registering a case against him under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The agency had also wrote letters to the external affairs ministry for revoking his passport.
On Thursday evening, in a press conference headed by Baba Ramdev, he claimed that Balakrishna is neither absconding nor missing, he is in the Patanjali Yogpeeth premises located in Haridwar. Whereas the District police of Haridwar has been looking for Balakrishna for last couple of days but police failed to find him and even had to paste the CBI look-out notice on the door of his residence.
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