Sources said Justice Karnan wanted to seek the intervention of the President to order his bail on medical grounds.
Meanwhile, a team of Kolkata Police was in Chennai looking for Karnan, and the sources suspect he may have left Chennai.
The first source said there was a good chance that Karnan may have flown to France, where his son reportedly works.
“Police are very wary of the whole episode since Karnan is a sitting judge. They don’t want to get embroiled in any controversy,” a source told News18.
According to police sources, the judge was last tracked to Andhra Pradesh, where he reportedly handed his phone over to a close aide. Tracking his phone, officially, also requires certain pre-requisite permissions, which is why the probing officers have not taken that step.
A Kolkata team, headed by DGP (home guard) Raj Kanojia, was coordinating with a police team from Chennai and Andhra Pradesh.
In an unprecedented ruling, a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar held sitting Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan guilty of contempt of “grievous nature” and sentenced him six months of imprisonment on Tuesday.
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