HC seeks former DU VC's response on a Prof's plea

Delhi High Court today sought response of former Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental on a Delhi University (DU) professor's plea seeking quashing of a magisterial court order granting him bail in a case of alleged plagiarism, cheating and forgery.
Justice Sunil Gaur also issued notice to Delhi government and KVSK Prasad, who has been summoned as accused in the case, on Professor P Pardha Saradhi's plea.
"Issue notice to the respondents (Delhi government, Pental and Prasad). Reply be file before the next date of hearing (July 23)," the court said.
The notices were issued on Saradhi's plea, who alleged that the magisterial court has "completely failed to apply the correct proposition of law with respect to granting of bail to accused Penatl for an offence which is a session triable" and is further punishable with life imprisonment.

Saradhi, a professor of Environmental Studies in DU who had accused Pental and his student Prasad of plagiarising his paper on biotechnology and publishing it as their own, has sought quashing of November 25 last year order of the magistrate granting bail to Pental.
Pental, who challenged the trial court's summons issued to him on November 18, 2013, was granted interim bail on November 25, last year by the lower court and the High Court.
63-year-old Pental and Prasad have also sought stay on the proceedings in the case of alleged plagiarism, cheating and forgery filed against them. The two were summoned on a complaint filed by Saradhi.