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Videoconference technology was Successfully used today for
digitally producing Shri A.K.L. Telgi, a prime accused in
a fake stamp paper case of Delhi which was initially investigated
by the Hauz Khas Police Station of Delhi during 2002 and subsequently
transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation in 2004.
Telgi was produced before the ACMM, Shri Vinod Kumar at the
studio of the National Informatics Center in the Central government
Offices Complex in Delhi. Telgi, also acknowledged the court
documents, which were transmitted digitally and read by him
on the screen placed at Yerwada Jail, Pune. The next date
of hearing is the 12th of the next month.
The technology of video conferencing was introduced for
conducting trial of stamp scam cases first in Mumbai and then
in Bangalore. This was an outcome of CBI’s consistent
efforts for ensuring effective trial of fake stamp/stamp paper
cases. What prompted CBI to make such vigorous efforts for
conducting trial through videoconferencing was the realisation
that “cases of this magnitude can never get finalised”
since the accused are lodged in a large number of jails ranging
from Jails of state Andhra Pradesh to Delhi, Mumbai, West
Bengal and Karnataka and each single accused is wanted in
several cases registered across various states. Apart from
this, CBI also felt that the fragile health status of A.K.L.Telgi
who is suffering from various deseases, including HIV and
the huge cost of transporting the accused from jails across
the country to respective trial courts was prohiitive.
To overcome these difficulties, CBI took initiative with
the state govts. of Maharashtra & Karnataka and ensured
the linking of trial courts with Central Jail, Pune &
Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and Karnataka, the actual trial started
with the help of Videoconferencing technology. Apart from
these two states CBI’s efforts have also paid dividends
in Madhya Pradesh where the trial of one of the cases at Indore
is being conducted through video conferencing technology.
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