CHENNAI: The Madras excessive court docket on Friday sentenced IPS officer Sampath Kumar to fifteen days of imprisonment in a contempt of court docket petition moved by cricketer MS Dhoni. Nonetheless, a division bench of Justice S S Sundar and Justice Sunder Mohan suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow Sampath Kumar to favor an attraction.
On December 17, 2021, Sampath Kumar filed an extra written assertion in a defamation go well with moved by Dhoni towards the IPS officer in reference to the 2014 IPL betting rip-off.
In line with Dhoni, Sampath Kumar had made scandalous and contumacious statements towards the Supreme Courtroom and the excessive court docket.
“He (Sampath Kumar) has said that the Supreme Courtroom deviated its give attention to the rule of legislation and shelved the deposition of the Justice Mudgal Committee (constituted to probe 2013 match-fixing allegations) and stored it in a sealed cowl for causes he failed to grasp,” Dhoni stated.
He had additional added that the Supreme Courtroom had motive in not offering the sealed cowl to CBI officer Vivek Priyandarshini for investigation, Dhoni alleged.
This aside, the officer had additionally maligned, disrespected and scandalised the Madras excessive court docket and made false allegations towards designated senior counsels of the court docket together with the workplace of the advocate common of Tamil Nadu, Dhoni stated.
Permitting the plea, the bench discovered Sampath Kumar responsible of the offence of contempt of court docket.
On December 17, 2021, Sampath Kumar filed an extra written assertion in a defamation go well with moved by Dhoni towards the IPS officer in reference to the 2014 IPL betting rip-off.
In line with Dhoni, Sampath Kumar had made scandalous and contumacious statements towards the Supreme Courtroom and the excessive court docket.
“He (Sampath Kumar) has said that the Supreme Courtroom deviated its give attention to the rule of legislation and shelved the deposition of the Justice Mudgal Committee (constituted to probe 2013 match-fixing allegations) and stored it in a sealed cowl for causes he failed to grasp,” Dhoni stated.
He had additional added that the Supreme Courtroom had motive in not offering the sealed cowl to CBI officer Vivek Priyandarshini for investigation, Dhoni alleged.
This aside, the officer had additionally maligned, disrespected and scandalised the Madras excessive court docket and made false allegations towards designated senior counsels of the court docket together with the workplace of the advocate common of Tamil Nadu, Dhoni stated.
Permitting the plea, the bench discovered Sampath Kumar responsible of the offence of contempt of court docket.
