Overview
- Judicial Magistrate Shashank Nandan Bhatt convicted Ramneesh Geer and V. K. Pandey on Saturday, with sentencing set for April 27 in Delhi’s Tis Hazari Courts.
- The court held the 2000 search and arrest were carried out with malafide intent and not in discharge of duty, so sanction under Section 197 of the CrPC did not apply.
- Findings include breaking the main door, locking family members in a room, dragging Ashok Kumar Aggarwal, and causing a right forearm injury during the 5:50 am raid.
- The judge said the operation aimed to frustrate a Central Administrative Tribunal order that had stayed Aggarwal’s transfer and ordered a review of his suspension, noting a meeting on October 18 followed by the raid before dawn on October 19.
- Geer, a serving CBI joint director who once received the President’s Police Medal, now faces penalties under IPC sections 323, 427, and 448, in a 26-year-old case that could spur disciplinary reviews and closer oversight of agency conduct.