New Delhi, Pribhanshu Ranjan, the boyfriend of alleged honour-killing victim Nirupama Pathak, is likely to move Ranchi High Court for the quashing of the FIR lodged against him by the Kodarma police on the directions of a local court.
Ranjan’s lawyer Ashish Rai told The Tribune that the court’s order was full of “loopholes” and he would challenge its legal tenability in the high court. “The police had registered a case of murder based on the autopsy report, which is a scientific evidence. In the same case, they have now registered an FIR charging Ranjan with abetment to suicide and rape. It is bizarre,” he said. Kodarma SP G Kranthi Kumar said they were probing the case and it would be premature to make any comment on the merits of both FIRs. Rai said he would not file an anticipatory bail plea and instead wants quashing of the FIR.
Ranjan, a journalist working with a news agency, has found support from woman groups as well apart from his friends and teachers. The friends and teachers of Pathak, also a journalist who worked with a business daily, from IIMC held a candle-light vigil at India Gate today evening, demanding swift justice
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