By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, July 13 : The first additional chief metropolitan magistrate of city criminal court on Monday refused to dispense with the personal appearance of media baron, Mr Ch. Ramoji Rao in the Maragadarsi Financiers case.
While dismissing a petition filed by Mr Ramoji Rao seeking a direction to exempt him from personal appearance before the court during the trial of the case, the magistrate Mr Syed Lateef-ur-Rahaman, said the case involved multi-crore transactions and examination of bulky documents. It gets delayed in his (Mr Ramoji Rao) absence.
He observed that according to relevant provisions of the CrPC all the evidences have to be examined in the presence of the accused. While citing two directions of the Supreme Court, the magistrate opined that there was need to dispense with the personal appearance of the accused.
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