Chandigarh, August 25, 2004
PTI

A local court on Wednesday extended till September 1 the judicial custody of Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, the prime suspect in the rape and murder of a British teenager.

The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Paramvir Kaur Nijjar also allowed Kohli's medical examination at Government Medical College and Hospital on request of Kohli's counsel.

The counsel on Wednesday moved an application that Kohli was "hypertensive and had stones in the gall bladder for which he requires immediate medical attention" and strongly opposed the CBI's plea that they needed a week's time to seek clear instructions from the Centre in this regard.

Talking to reporters outside the Court complex, Kohli's counsel said the Court had also allowed the application moved by him for supplying of certain documents pertaining to the case against his client.

"On August 18 we had moved an application regarding suppliance of copies of certain documents which pertain to what (case) stands against Kohli and the warrants of arrest by the court in England. Also, we had sought the documents pertaining to the case summary which the British government had given to the CBI here," said the counsel engaged by the prime suspect's family.

He said that under Article 22 of the Constitution his client had a right to know on what basis he had been detained.

"So far they (CBI) have not given details of the case on the basis of which they are seeking Kohli's detention. Second, they must also clarify that if Kohli's arrest last month from Kalimpong has been shown under Section 41 (i) G Cr PC or under the Extradition Act," he said.