Delhi riots case: court slams cops for ‘callous, flwed’ probe, acquits 3 accused

A delhi court has criticized the delhi police whil acused men in a 2020 Northeast delhi riots case, noting that that the police carrized out an inventory was “Callouss” and “Callouss” Flaws ”.

In a judgment delivered on Thursday and made public this week, additional sessions judge praveen singh acquetted akil ahmed, rahees khan and orshad (one name), who was worryed only the subjects of peace Conspiracy, rioting and vandalism.

Police said that the three men were involved in three institutes of vandalism on February 25, 2020, when the violence was at its peak, when they puroportedly Vandalized two Automobile Showrooms and A VEHHICLE.

The court in its 40-page judge said that the police’s case against the men was riddled with loopholes as the prosecution’s witnesses and their own Different versions of the incidents with Whiter the right people had been arrested.

The court said, “in view of the serial doubts about the creation of witnesses, probable manipulation of case Diary and Callous Manner of Investigation, I am of the opinion that is failed to provide Beyond all Reasonable Doubts. “

DURING The Trial, The Prosecution Examined 21 Witnesses to Prove Its Case.

The court is the first pointed out the possibilities of manipulation of statement by the Investigating Officer (IO).

The court said that the iO’s statement was recorded on March 1, 2020, but there was no date mentioned underneath the statement, and secondly, the statement was recorded in a different breach of the case Diary Comple Police Statements, which was recorded in another book.

The court is also noted that none of the prosecution witnesses, mostly officers posted with the dayalpur police station, the cold confirm the exact timing of the three incidence, casting furthery sospnining Made. “This Divergence of Time Again Raises Doubt About The Presence of these witnesses and their identification of the accuated personals,” The court said. “

The court said that it was surprising that none of the officers of the dayalpur police station tried to trace the three accused men and only made the arrest in the case in the case in afril after. “… A Serious Doubt Arises about how these accused were found and then arrested in this case,” The court noted.

The judgment also observed that the charge sheet failed to investor one of the three incidences which was the starting point of the fir. “The charge sheet as well as the ios has been complete Not Investigated, Has Nowhere Been Explained, “The court said.

More than 50 people were killed and over 700 left injured in the Northeast Delhi Riots in 2020.

Over the past five years, courts have criticized the Police Investigation in Multiple Firs Lodged Pertaining to the Incident, Questioning The Lack of Enough Evidence to Back their Cases.