Jaitley CDR case: Court denies bail to constable Arvind Dabas

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Delhi Police constable Arvind Dabas, arrested along with three others in Arun Jaitley phone tapping case, was today denied bail by a court here which said he had "impinged" upon the right to privacy of various persons and had attacked their fundamental rights of life and liberty.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Amit Bansal dismissed his bail plea observing that the allegations levelled against Dabas are "very serious" and if he is granted the relief, he might misuse the liberty by tampering with the evidence.
"The allegations against the applicant are very serious in nature. The present applicant, in a deliberate manner and in conspiracy with other co-accused persons, impinged upon the right to privacy of various persons thereby attacking their fundamental rights of life and liberty as enshrined under the Article 21 of the Constitution of India," the CMM said.

"It has been stated that the investigation is at a very initial stage and role of various other persons is yet to be ascertained. Keeping in view the modus operandi of committing the offence and the evidence involved, it also seems that the applicant may misuse the liberty of bail by tampering with the evidence," the court said.
Dabas was arrested on February 14 for allegedly trying to access Jaitley's call details. According to police, Dabas had used the official email ID of an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to send a request to a mobile service provider for the call detail records (CDRs) of the senior BJP leader.

The police, while opposing Dabas' bail plea, had told the court that during the ongoing probe, it has come to light that call detail records (CDRs) of 30 other persons have also been collected by the four arrested accused and in most of the cases, the internet protocol (IP) address of Dabas was used.
Besides Dabas, three private detectives -- Anurag, who is alleged to be the main conspirator, Neeraj and Nitish -- have also been arrested and all of them are in judicial custody till March 20.