Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and other respondents to file a reply and scheduled the next hearing for January 21, 2025.
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New Delhi (India): On December 11: The Delhi High Court has issued a notice in response to a petition filed by Dalvin Suresh, the father of a deceased student, challenging the trial court’s decision to grant interim bail to RAU’s IAS Study Circle CEO Abhishek Gupta and Coordinator Deshpal Singh.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and other respondents to file a reply and scheduled the next hearing for January 21, 2025.
Dalvin Suresh seeks the cancellation of the interim bail granted to Gupta and Singh, who were given interim bail on September 23, 2024.
Advocate Abhijit Anand, representing Suresh, argued that the interim bail was granted without proper consideration of the facts and without any reasoning. He contended that such bail violates Supreme Court guidelines, which state that interim bail should only be granted in rare cases and cannot replace regular bail.
Their relief was recently extended until January 31, 2025. Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna also instructed Gupta to deposit Rs 2.5 crore with the Red Cross Society by November 30, in accordance with the lease agreement.
The agreement stipulates that the accused, as the lessee and CEO of the institute, would be solely responsible for any claims or damages to persons or property.
The judge noted that Gupta and Singh, as CEO and coordinator, respectively, were in charge of the institute’s operations.
The case will be heard again in January 2025.
Background
The case revolves around the tragic deaths of three UPSC aspirants in Old Rajinder Nagar, which brought into focus the unauthorized use of basements as coaching institutes.
- The Rouse Avenue Court had earlier granted interim bail on September 23, 2024, to RAU’s IAS Study Circle CEO Abhishek Gupta and coordinator Deshpal Singh.
- The High Court had also emphasized accountability, stating that the liability of the basement co-owners arose from their illegal act of permitting the basement to be used as a coaching center.
Justice D.K. Sharma had previously directed the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi to establish a committee. This committee, under the supervision of a retired High Court judge, is tasked with ensuring that coaching centers operating in basements without proper sanctions are identified and regulated across Delhi.
The Delhi High Court had instructed the CBI to submit a status report, addressing key issues such as waterlogging in the area and rainfall data from the day of the incident, which were significant factors in the deaths of the aspirants.
