Overview

• The court gave the CBI and Madhya Pradesh until October 7 to arrest two absconding inspectors, ordering senior officials to appear if they fail.
• Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan said they will frame contempt charges under the Contempt of Courts Act for continued non-compliance.
• The accused officers, Sanjit Singh Mawai and Uttam Singh Kushwaha, have been on the run since April despite non-bailable warrants, proclamations and a cash reward.
• The bench rebuked the CBI’s efforts as “eyewash” after the agency cited surveillance and financial tracking, and it re-arrayed the State as a respondent.
• The court flagged threats to sole eyewitness Gangaram Pardhi, who remains in judicial custody with a collarbone fracture, and it questioned delayed suspensions and salary practices involving the accused.