00:00As we know, Tundaym has passed on and the prosecution has withdrawn the case under a
00:17particular section of the Criminal Procedure Code, so they are entitled to...
00:32We just came out of the court, the Sessions Court, and as we know, Tundaym has passed on
00:43and the prosecution has withdrawn the case under a particular section of the Criminal
00:51Procedure Code, so they are entitled to withdraw that case, they have the discretion, but we
00:58argued that the court should make an order acquitting Tundaym of the charge against him
01:10and that since they are not proceeding with the case, that is the only appropriate order
01:15that can be made, and we urged the court to give that order because we cannot have a charge
01:21hanging over a person which is not resolved, because it will continue to plague, especially
01:28the family, that he was charged and there was no outcome of the charge.
01:35So we asked the court to give a discharge and an acquittal, and the court has agreed,
01:45the court has given an acquittal, and as far as we are concerned, this is an exoneration
01:51of any charge that was made against Tundaym.
01:57And then in the court also, we referred to the fact that at the last mentioned day, the
02:04prosecution had cast doubt on the MC that was given on behalf of Tundaym not to attend
02:12court on that day. In fact, the court had already exempted him from coming because of
02:19the MC, yet the prosecution raised this whole question of whether the MC is valid or not
02:25valid. So we also raised this question to say that this kind of conduct by the prosecution
02:31is inappropriate and it gives rise to concerns that why are they raising this when he is
02:39exempted and questioning his non-attendance. They were suggesting, in other words, that
02:49it was possible that Tundaym did not want to attend and he was doing a sham MC or getting
02:57an MC just to avoid coming to court. But the court had already exempted him from coming,
03:02so today we raise the fact that this kind of allegations made by the prosecution are
03:08inappropriate, should not have been made, and that we hope that the prosecution will
03:15proceed properly with regard to proper ethical conduct when conducting the case like this.
03:23Otherwise, people will begin to think because they make an application which is so frivolous
03:30and then they publicise it in the press.
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