NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea of former ISRO scientist S Nambinarayanan seeking criminal prosecution of police officials who had falsely implicated him in Isro spy case.

A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra issued notice on his petition and sought response from the police officials in eight weeks.

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The scientist approach SC after a division benh of Kerala high court had stayed proceeding against the erring police officials.

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Nambinarayanan pleaded that the HC erred in staying the criminal proceeding against police officials which was ordered by a single bench of HC.

Retired Isro scientist and former project head of India's cryogenic rocket engine project was wrongly made accused in the Isro spy case.

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