“Grossest of contempt”, says Supreme Court on illegal custody of businessman despite bail order
New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) Terming as “grossest of contempt” the police remand of a Gujarat businessman after it had granted him anticipatory bail, an exasperated Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to police officials and a judicial magistrate of Surat and ordered them to be present before it on January 29. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta, which had allowed anticipatory bail to Surat resident Tusharbhai Rajnikantbhai Shah in a cheating case, got irked when it was informed that the businessman was remanded in policy custody, and allegedly threatened and beaten to extort Rs 1.65 crore