The former judge of the Supreme Court, Cyriac Joseph, who is alleged to have attempted to interfere with the forensic analysis and judicial processes in the Sister Abhaya murder case, has defended himself saying that his hands are clean.
It was alleged that Mr. Joseph had viewed the narco-analysis CDs of Father Thomas Kottoor, Sister Sephy and Father Jose Puthrukkayail at the Forensic Analysis Laboratory (FSL), Bangalore, during the course of investigation. While Fr. Puthrukkayail was let off earlier, a CBI Special Court had convicted the two others last week in the case.
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Joseph said the visit took place on May 23, 2008, on an invitation from the FSL director, seven months after the lab had handed over the report to the CBI and the agency submitting it in court.
Mr. Joseph, the then Karnataka Chief Justice, denied that he was shown the videos of the narco-analysis tests of the accused in the case.
The visit was following a workshop on scientific…