The Delhi High Court on Monday pulled up the police for the leak of an accused’s purported disclosure statement to the media before filing...
The Delhi High Court on Monday pulled up the police for the leak of an accused’s purported disclosure statement to the media before filing of the chargesheet, reported Bar and Bench. The court was hearing a plea filed by Jamia Millia Islamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha in connection with the conspiracy case related to the Northeast Delhi riots.
The single-judge bench of Justice Mukta Gupta described the police’s vigilance inquiry report into the matter as “half-baked”, “a useless piece of paper”, and “worse than…what they do in an ordinary theft case”. Noticing that only four or five statements had been recorded over a period of four months from September to January, the court pointed out that the file does not even show “who conducted the vigilance inquiry”, reported The Indian Express.
The judge added:
“Do you want me to comment on this vigilance inquiry? I will say this is a useless paper and rather it is contempt of court that this court had asked for a proper inquiry to be conducted on your own statement where you thought it was a matter of national importance and you were also aggrieved that your investigation papers have been leaked… and see this vigilance inquiry. This vigilance inquiry is worse than even a routine PG...
