HC refuses to review order in Vishwajeet’s case

The Bombay High Court at Goa on Tuesday refused to review its order in Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane case. The Division bench comprising of justice A S Oka and F M Reis today heard the review petition filed by Advocate Aires Rodrigues drawing the High Court’s attention that there wee two errors apparent on the face of the record in the order.

Failing to get justice from the High Court, Rodrigues has now decided to move a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court challenging the entire High Court order which had ruled that section 506 of the Indian Penal Code was non-cognizable while quashing the chargesheet against Rane.

High Court on July 21 held that the offence under Section 506 (threat to kill) of the Indian Penal Code was non-cognizable and had directed the Old goa Police to proceed in the matter under section 155 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The 73 page chargesheet was filed by the Old Goa Police against Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane under section 506 of IPC for allegedly having threatened to kill social activist Adv. Aires Rodrigues on July 31, 2007. Incidentally section 506 was made cognizable by a notification issued by the goa Government in 1973 when Vishwajeet Rane’s father Pratapsing Rane was the Law Minister.

However when section 506 was invoked against the Health Minister, the Goa Government suddenly tood a stand that the section is non-cognizable