Delhi Police seeks more time to file chargesheet in Parliament breach case
The Delhi police on Thursday moved an application in a Patiala House court seeking three months’ time to file chargesheet in the Parliament security breach case.
The application filed by the police in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur said that the investigation in the matter is at a crucial stage and the police need time to analyse the stored digital data, which is voluminous, and that some reports are still awaited.
The court issued notices to the six accused arrested in the case and sought their replies on the police’s application by March 11.
Six persons were arrested for the security breach in Parliament on December 13, the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack.
Two of the accused — Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D. — had jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour. They released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before they were overpowered by some MPs. Around the same time, accused Amol Shinde and
Neelam Azad sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting slogans outside Parliament and the two were arrested in the following days. Two other accused, Lalit Jha and Mahesh Kumawat, were arrested later.
All the arrests in the case took place within a week of the incident and the accused were booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Without the extension, the probe agency has three months from the day of arrest to file a chargesheet in the matter.
If the agency fails to complete the investigation within the stipulated time, the accused in custody have a statutory right to bail.