The Special CBI court on Wednesday allowed dismissed police officer Sachin Vaze to become an approver in a corruption case against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
Special judge D.P. Shingade allowed Mr. Vaze's application to turn a witness from an accused, and said, "I have allowed your application, but I have imposed certain conditions. Let me know if it is acceptable to you. Mr. Vaze has to make full disclosure in the case. He should disclose all facts that he has given under Section 164 (recording of confessions and statements) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) before a magistrate. He should truthfully answer questions which would be asked by the public prosecutor to unravel the entire case during trial," said the judge.
The court asked, "What is the status of the accused in the Enforcement Directorate case? Advocate Rounak Naik appearing for Mr. Vaze told the court that he has made an application to turn approver in that case also before the investigating agency."
