The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former cricketer Jacob Martin, facing arrest for alleged involvement in an emigration racket, saying no relief can be granted to him as he is running away from the law, and asked him to surrender.
A bench headed by Justice H S Bedi, which refused to quash a non-bailable arrest warrant issued against Martin in the case, said that “he has been declared a proclaimed offender” in the case and “he is running away from the law.” The bench turned down the former cricketer’s plea for 24 hours’ time to surrender. Martin, an Indian Railways batsman who had played 10 one-day internationals for India, is facing a Delhi Police probe.
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