June 4, 2013 4:32 PM

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IPL spot fixing: Delhi court extends till June 18 judicial custody of Sreesanth, 22 others

A Delhi court today extended till June 18 judicial custody of pacer S Sreesanth and 22 others in the IPL spot fixing case after Delhi Police informed the court that Maharashtra Control of Orgtanised Crime Act, MCOCA provisions have been invoked against them. Police told the court that MCOCA has been invoked against all the 26 accused as they were allegedly facilitating the illegal acts of the underworld. Out of the 26 accused, IPL player Ankeet Chavan and Sreesanth's friend Abhishek Shukla are out on bail and co-accused Ashwani Aggarwal has been sent to Mumbai on a production warrant issued by a court there. According to the provisions of MCOCA, confessions made before an officer of the rank above Deputy Commissioner of Polce are admissible as evidence in a court of law. Instead of a magisterial court, Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Jain will now hear the bail applications of 16 accused as MCOCA has been invoked.

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