A local court on Friday declared three accused, including suspended IPS officer Dheeraj Setia, proclaimed offenders in a multi-crore heist case here.
The court of Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sehrawat also ordered attachment of their properties under Section 83 of the Cr.P.C in order to secure their presence before the court. “Intimation in this regard be sent to the SHO of the concerned police station as well as DCP, (HQ), Gurugram.“Further proceedings be also initiated against these accused persons. Shri Surender Kumar, HPS, STF, Gurugram is directed to provide the details of the properties of these accused on the next date of hearing so that court may initiate the proceedings under Section 83 Cr.P.C, ” reads the court orders.An STF had moved an appeal in the court seeking declaration of the trio as proclaimed offenders.The STF is currently investigating the multi-crore theft case that began as a robbery at a flat in Sector 82. Investigations have revealed the involvement of several people, including a gangster named Vikas Lagarpuria, Setia, and two doctors.Meanwhile, Setia’s counsel Ajay Kumar Verma moved an application in the court to not pass any adverse order against the suspended IPS officer as he had applied for anticipatory bail before the Punjab and Haryana High Court as well as another petition under CrPC section 482 for quashing the orders passed in the present proceedings.However, the court denied it, highlighting that the High Court has not passed any stay order with regard to the present proceedings and the proclamation of the accused Dheeraj Kumar Setia has already been affixed at his address.
