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Sohrabuddin fake encounter case: Amit Shah's bail order reserved

CNN-IBN | Updated Sep 06, 2012 at 02:26pm IST

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved its order on CBI's plea to cancel former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah's bail in the alleged case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh's fake encounter. This may bring some relief for Shah as he will remain out on bail till the order is reserved.

Amit Shah, who is accused in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case, has also been chargesheeted by the CBI in the Tulsi Prajapati fake encounter case. The Supreme court had restricted him from entering Gujarat while he was on bail in the Sohrabuddin case

Sohrabuddin Shaikh was allegedly killed in a fake encounter in November 2005 and his close aide Tulsi was killed in December 2006 by the same set of police personnel, who are presently behind bars for the killing of Sohrabuddin Shaikh and his wife Kauser Bi. Amit Shah, accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, has been out on bail. Shah was Gujarat's home minister and Chief Minister Narendra Modi's close aide.

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