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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Techie in jail for killing wife, uncle moves HC for custody of their kids

DEHRADUN: A single-bench of Uttarakhand high court on Friday evening admitted a petition against a court order that refused to grant custody of Anupam Gulati's two four-year-old children to their maternal uncle S K Pradhan.

Pradhan, a Delhi-based scientist filed the plea after Dehradun chief judicial magistrate Kunwar Amrindra Singh refused to grant him custody of Sidhant and Sonaksi. The court had directed Pradhan to bring kids to CJM court from Delhi on last Saturday of every month to arrange their meeting with their father Rajesh Gulati. Rajesh was arrested after he allegedly murdered Anupam.

Software engineer Rajesh Gulati , who was arrested and remanded a 14-day judicial custody on December 17, continues to be in jail, after court extended his judicial remand till further order on Thursday.

In the petition filed before a single-judge bench of justice Sudhansu Dhulia in the HC, Pradhan has sought custody of children on the ground that since their father is in jail, facing murder charges, he is the only one who to look after them in a proper manner.

The petitioner Pradhan has also challenged order of CJM directing him to bring kids to Dehradun CJM court from Delhi on last Saturday of every month to facilitate their meeting with their father, on the ground that such travels will affect the kids' studies and health.

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