{
  "id": 15922229,
  "title": "Baba Siddique Murder Case: Special MCOCA Court Seeks Details Of Steps To Produce Anmol Bishnoi Via Video Conferencing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/baba-siddique-murder-case-special-mcoca-court-seeks-details-of-steps",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T17:14:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/baba-siddique-murder-case-special-mcoca-court-seeks-details-of-steps-to-produce-anmol-bishnoi-via-video-conferencing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 21, 2026, the special MCOCA court handling the Baba Siddique murder case requested the prosecution to provide information about the steps taken by the Mumbai Police to produce and arrest Anmol Bishnoi through video conferencing by the time of the next hearing. During a show-cause notice issued to the investigating officer in August, the special court threatened to initiate contempt proceedings if Bishnoi could not be brought into custody via video conferencing due to his physical unavailability. The investigating officer claimed that interrogating Bishnoi on critical aspects of the alleged conspiracy could not be effectively conducted through video conferencing. On Wednesday, special judge Satyanarayan Navander questioned special public prosecutor Mahesh Mule about the measures taken by the agency to produce Bishnoi after the court's order on July 10, directing the prosecution to utilize video conferencing for Bishnoi's production as stated in the order. The court expressed its dissatisfaction with the lack of any statement from the prosecution regarding adherence to the order, emphasizing that steps should have been taken in the past two months. The prosecution argued that the process was ongoing but confidential, promising to provide detailed submissions at the upcoming hearing. Siddique family lawyers, Pradeep Gharat and Trivankumar Karnani, argued that Bishnoi could be arrested after production through video conferencing, citing successful cases of Rajendra Nikhalje and Abdul Karim Telgi. Gharat pointed out that Bishnoi could be interrogated in prison by the investigating agency's team. The issue arose after Siddique's wife, Shehzeen, moved the court on July 3 seeking a direction for the police to obtain Bishnoi's custody, which the court had allowed and criticized the Crime Branch for not taking steps to arrest Bishnoi, even after his deportation and incarceration in Tihar Jail. The Mumbai Police then obtained a production warrant and approached a special NIA court in Delhi, which denied Mumbai Police's plea, citing security reasons for Bishnoi's confinement in Tihar Jail.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 21, 2026: The special MCOCA court hearing the Baba Siddique murder case has asked the prosecution to submit details of the steps taken by Mumbai Police to produce and arrest Anmol Bishnoi through video conferencing by the next hearing. The special court on Wednesday raised the query during the hearing on a show-cause notice issued to the investigating officer in August,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}