Even as the Commissionerate Police today moved a time petition to defer the production of arrested Dhalasamanta brothers in Court as directed by the Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) here, the arrested duo's lawyer filed a petition apprehending that his clients might have been subjected to third degree treatment.
On a request from the Investigating Officer (IO) to allow polygraph test on the brothers, the SDJM court on Wednesday had directed the Police to physically produce the accused persons before it on the day to elicit their consent for the lie detection test.
But, instead of producing them in the Court, the Police did not allow their advocate to meet them.
"On the basis of our petition, the Court has sought an explanation from the IO and has posted the matter for hearing on February 15," said the duo's advocate Soura Chandra Mohapatra.
Advocate B B Mohanty, an associate of Mohapatra, who was earlier allowed by the Court to meet the brothers, had moved the Court alleging that he was prevented from meeting the accused persons and was also not informed by the IO about their whereabouts.
Apprehending that they might have been subjected to third degree treatment violating the court orders, Mohanty alleged the accused persons might have also been pressurised to give their consent for polygraph test.
The brothers were arrested on January 29 for their alleged involvement in an abduction and murder case.
When allowed for police remand, the court had specifically asked the IO not to subject the accused persons to any third degree treatment, among other things, during the remand period.
Mohanty in his petition had also prayed the Court to call for a report from the IO as to why the court orders were not complied with and also to seek a report regarding the health conditions of the arrested brothers.
A senior police officer of the Commissionerate told reporters at Bhubaneswar that a team of policemen had taken one of the arrested brothers outside of the state, while another team took the other brother to the scene of crime along with the forensic team.
