The Supreme Court has rejected a petition challenging the discharge of  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

A bench including Justices S A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan rejected the plea filed by former bureaucrat and social activist Harsh Mander after nearly a half-an-hour hearing.  

The Bench, while giving relief to Mr.Shah, said that, “When the person is genuinely aggrieved, then the issue takes a different color but when the person is not remotely connected and wants to revive the case then its a different matter.” “Public must get the feeling that nobody is above the law,” Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Mr.Mander, said.

Mr.Sibal said, “CBI has filed the charge sheet but I am unable to understand why did they turn turtle. Even his (Sohrabuddin) brother who filed the case against Shah withdrew his case later.”

He said, “CBI has filed a charge sheet and had made Shah accused number 16. It is a case of murder.”

Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Mr. Shah, cited various judgments of the apex court and questioned the locus of Mr. Mander in the case. He said, “This court has already held that if one is not connected with the case, he cannot interfere with anyone’s trial.”

“It cannot be a case that if State is not going to file an appeal, I will file the appeal,” Mr. Salve further said.

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