Shimla, Dec. 25 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that seeking an explanation from an employee in an official capacity does not amount to abetment while confirming anticipatory bail to former Managing Director of Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) Harikesh Meena in the alleged abetment to suicide case of engineer Vimal Negi.

Justice Virender Singh, in a detailed 23-page order dated December 24, observed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had "failed miserably" to collect any concrete material linking Meena or other accused officers to the death of Vimal Negi, despite nearly eight months of investigation. Making absolute the interim protection earlier granted to Meena, the court said its judicial cons...