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The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed alleged gangster Lawrence Bishnois petition challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order to register an FIR over his interview with a TV channel from jail and a probe into it by a special investigation team (SIT)...
While lodged in the high-security Bathinda jail, Bishnoi had given two interviews to a private TV channel over video calls, leading to a controversy over the use of mobiles by prison inmates..
In December 2023, the High Court had ordered the registration of an FIR and probe by an SIT headed by IPS officer Prabodh Kumar into Bishnois interviews after taking suo motu cognisance of the alleged use of mobiles by inmates in jails...
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