A Bench headed by Chief Justice T Vaiphei said there was no merit in the petition which questioned legality of the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, who first discharged the petitioner but ordered reopening of the case on a plea by the investigating officer (IO) 14 days later.
After the old IO was replaced, the new IO sought to add more charges against Nongtdu and the CJM rightly granted permission to re-open the case, the Bench said.
Nongtdu, a nominated member of Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council, was arrested on June 3 on charge of helping a jailbreak mastermind and convict Foolmoon Dhar.