<p>Additional sessions judge S C Rajan issued the warrant against Zaroo for his failure to appear before the court to attend its proceedings.<br /><br />Zaroo's counsel told the court that he had gone to Jammu and Kashmir but had not contacted him after that.<br /><br />"Kamlesh Anand, advocate, states that accused Sahil Zaroo had gone to Jammu and Kashmir but he has not come back nor made any contact with him. In view of this, NBW be issued against accused Sahil Zaroo and notice under section 446 CrPC be issued to his surety for the date fixed," the court said.<br /><br />The court has also issued notice to the police "to depute any police officer not below the rank of sub inspector to execute the NBW upon the accused and the notice upon his surety personally".<br /><br />Zaroo is facing trial along with Rahul Mahajan and others after the sessions court had earlier framed charges against them in the case.<br /><br />Zaroo, Mahajan and his accomplices Harish Sharma, Nigerian nationals Abdul Latif Ashola alias Mohd Abdullah, Egbedokun James Taiwo and others are facing trial under the IPC and the NDPS Act for their roles in the case.<br /><br />The court, however, had to defer the hearing to December 17 as it was yet to receive the main case file, which was sent to the Delhi High Court earlier. <br /><br />The judge has sent a request to registrar general of the high court to send back the file to the lower court as trial in the case has been held up.<br /><br />Rahul Mahajan is accused of consuming and distributing drugs at the official residence of his slain father in a late night party on June 2, 2006.<br /><br />Rahul, along with his late father's secretary Vivek Moitra, was admitted to Apollo Hospital here in the wee hours of June 2, 2006, after allegedly consuming drugs. Moitra later died in the hospital.<br /><br />The trial in the case was stalled earlier for over two years as the high court had summoned the sessions court documents to adjudicate revision petitions of Rahul and others challenging the framing of charges against them.<br /><br />The accused had moved the high court contending they had been unduly charged under harsher provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. On the other hand, police had claimed they were booked under rather milder sections of the Act.</p>
<p>Additional sessions judge S C Rajan issued the warrant against Zaroo for his failure to appear before the court to attend its proceedings.<br /><br />Zaroo's counsel told the court that he had gone to Jammu and Kashmir but had not contacted him after that.<br /><br />"Kamlesh Anand, advocate, states that accused Sahil Zaroo had gone to Jammu and Kashmir but he has not come back nor made any contact with him. In view of this, NBW be issued against accused Sahil Zaroo and notice under section 446 CrPC be issued to his surety for the date fixed," the court said.<br /><br />The court has also issued notice to the police "to depute any police officer not below the rank of sub inspector to execute the NBW upon the accused and the notice upon his surety personally".<br /><br />Zaroo is facing trial along with Rahul Mahajan and others after the sessions court had earlier framed charges against them in the case.<br /><br />Zaroo, Mahajan and his accomplices Harish Sharma, Nigerian nationals Abdul Latif Ashola alias Mohd Abdullah, Egbedokun James Taiwo and others are facing trial under the IPC and the NDPS Act for their roles in the case.<br /><br />The court, however, had to defer the hearing to December 17 as it was yet to receive the main case file, which was sent to the Delhi High Court earlier. <br /><br />The judge has sent a request to registrar general of the high court to send back the file to the lower court as trial in the case has been held up.<br /><br />Rahul Mahajan is accused of consuming and distributing drugs at the official residence of his slain father in a late night party on June 2, 2006.<br /><br />Rahul, along with his late father's secretary Vivek Moitra, was admitted to Apollo Hospital here in the wee hours of June 2, 2006, after allegedly consuming drugs. Moitra later died in the hospital.<br /><br />The trial in the case was stalled earlier for over two years as the high court had summoned the sessions court documents to adjudicate revision petitions of Rahul and others challenging the framing of charges against them.<br /><br />The accused had moved the high court contending they had been unduly charged under harsher provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. On the other hand, police had claimed they were booked under rather milder sections of the Act.</p>