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Court orders DVAC to prosecute two hostile witnesses in graft case
The New Indian Express Dharmapuri
|May 13, 2025
THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to prosecute two witnesses who initially deposed against a former police inspector in a graft case but later turned hostile during cross-examination.
Justice B Pugalendhi, who passed the order, also sought an explanation from the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Nagercoil for allowing the cross-examination of the witnesses more than three years after their chief examination, observing that the delay contributed to them turning hostile.
This story is from the May 13, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Dharmapuri.
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