Subrata Roy Sahara case: On Friday (May 13, 2022), the Patna High Court directed the director-general of police (DGP) of Bihar to produce Sahara chief Subrata Roy physically before the court on May 16 at 10:30 am. The court also asked the Uttar Pradesh DGP and the Delhi police commissioner to cooperate in the matter.
The court said in its order, "It seems that Roy Sahara has no respect for the orders of this Court and he thinks that he is above it. Despite various chances given to him, he has failed to appear. This Court has no option, but to order the authorities to produce Roy Sahara physically in this Court on May 16 (Monday) at 10:30 am."
It further added, "The Commissioner of Police, Delhi and the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh will co-operate with the DGP, Bihar in this matter. The office is directed to communicate this order forthwith to the Bihar DGP, Commissioner of Delhi Police, and Uttar Pradesh DGP for compliance with this order."
The court also said, "We have considered the certificates granted in favour of the petitioner, the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute dated May 3, 2022, which has not been mentioned the date of surgery. The certificate of Sahara Hospital, which is a hospital-owned and controlled by Roy, is also ambiguous and if this kind of certificate is accepted, no senior citizen in the country will appear before any Court. Order of this Court is in the interest of justice, particularly in the present case where the companies headed by Roy Sahara, who is the Chairman of the Sahara Group, has siphoned off crores of rupees from the citizens of Bihar."
The court also stated that it was never its intention to coerce the petitioner to appear. Sahara chief Subrata Roy was expected to appear on Thursday to explain and provide the details of how he would return crores of rupees to investors and later be given one more day.
In 2010, the unravelling case was started and is still in process in the Supreme Court of India as of 2016.
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