Phone tapping: Cop’s bail plea rejected

NEW DELHI: Observing that he had “impinged” upon the right to privacy of various persons and had attacked their fundamental rights of life and liberty, a trial court dismissed the bail plea of Delhi Police constable Arvind Dabas, arrested along with three others in Arun Jaitley phone tapping case.
Chief metropolitan magistrate Amit Bansal on Tuesday dismissed Dabas’s bail plea observing that the allegations levelled against him are “very serious” and if he is granted relief, he might tamper with the evidence.
Opposing Dabas’ bail plea, the police had told the court that it has come to light that call records of 30 other persons were also collected by the four arrested accused, and in most of the cases, the IP address of Dabas was used. Dabas was arrested on February 14 for allegedly trying to access Jaitley’s call details.