43 FIRS ON R-DAY VIOLENCE, ONE GETS BAIL

{ POLICE SUBMISSION TO HIGH COURT }

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Thursday informed the high court that 43 FIRS have been registered in the Republic Day violence, out of which 13 have been transferred to the special cell.

A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was told by the police, represented by Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, that provisions of UAPA have also been invoked in some cases involving banned organization “Sikhs for Justice” and investigations is on.

The submissions were made while hearing a plea seeking a probe into the violence during farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day. The court declined to hear the plea and asked the petitioners, three Uttar Pradesh residents, to withdraw the petition or face costs. It said a crime can happen in a fraction of a second but the investigation takes time, while adding it was to analyse the mindset of such petitions.

A Delhi court granted bail to a man arrested for allegedly being part of unlawful assembly and conducting riots in the Uttam Nagar area during the tractor rally on Republic Day. The court stated that “no fruitful purpose would be served by curtailing the liberty of the accused”. Additional sessions judge Dheeraj Mor, while granting bail to one Sandeep Kumar, said that the investigating officer’s report is “conspicuously silent” about his previous criminal involvement.

“There is no reason to doubt the submissions that he has clear antecedents. He is no more required for probe of this case,” the judge said in his order of February 3.