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The Supreme Court has made it clear – if a government officer is arrested and remains in judicial custody (jail) for more than 48 hours, then he will be automatically considered suspended. There is no need to issue any separate suspension order for this.
The bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manmohan said this in its order dated November 6. The case was related to the bribery scandal of the hospital administrator of Samastipur, Bihar.
Vishwajit Singh is accused of demanding a bribe of Rs 4000 from the contract worker in exchange for releasing the outstanding salary of Rs 36421.
The court canceled the order of Patna High Court, in which his bail was canceled after almost a year.
Supreme Court’s comment on cancellation of bail
The Supreme Court said that the High Court could have commented on this, but the bail should not have been cancelled. While restoring the bail, the Supreme Court also raised a serious issue related to the service status and subsequent posting of the accused.
The bench said in the order, ‘There is a serious matter, which cannot be ignored. It seems that after his arrest the accused remained in judicial custody for about 15 days.
Justice Pardiwala said- Since Singh is a government employee, he can be considered automatically suspended. Surprisingly, he was again posted to the same post in the same hospital.
The court said that the state should pay attention to this aspect as soon as possible. The bench expressed hope that the state will take necessary action in this matter as per law.
The order of Patna High Court was challenged
Accused Administrator Singh had challenged the July 1 order of Patna High Court in the Supreme Court. The High Court had accepted the petition of the complainant. The High Court had canceled the regular bail granted by the Sessions Court and ordered Singh to be taken into custody.
The Supreme Court said that the High Court interfered in the bail of the accused about a year after his release. From his order it appears that a comment by the Sessions Court influenced the decision to cancel the bail. The Sessions Court had declared the bribe amount to be very less.
According to the records of the case, an FIR was registered in this case in the Vigilance police station in 2025. This FIR was registered under Section 7(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988. At the time of the allegation, Singh was an administrator at the Government Sadar Hospital in Samastipur.
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