One of the other contentions raised by State before the High Court was that the issuing of summons to Kunte and Pandey, highest officers in the State, was a way to harass them.
The High Court had, however, held that as officers of the State, Kunte and Pandey were “expected to co-operate with the investigation carried out by CBI pursuant to orders of this Court”.
The Bench reasoned that calling the officers to Delhi at an inconvenient time could not be termed as harassment or embarrassment and did not affect their duties.
“We fail to understand how requesting to participate in the investigation would amount to harassment of these two officers,” the Bench had emphasized.
Source: Barandbench
