Delhi court stays FIR direction against police officers in illegal detention plea
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court has stayed the execution of a magistrate's order directing registration of an FIR against police officers over allegations of illegal detention and custodial assault after the station house officer (SHO) of Adarsh Nagar police station challenged the direction in revision.
Additional Sessions Judge Vandana on Thursday stayed the operation of the January 14 order passed by a judicial magistrate, which had asked the SHO concerned to register an FIR on a complaint by a widow alleging illegal detention and grievous injuries to her son by Special Staff officials.
The sessions court passed the stay on January 21 after hearing submissions from counsel for the revisionist SHO, observing that the execution of the impugned order would remain stayed till the next date of hearing. The court also issued notice to the respondents and summoned the trial court record, listing the matter for March 11.
Earlier, on January 14, Judicial Magistrate Garima Jindal had allowed an application filed under provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), holding that a prima facie cognisable offence was made out and directing the SHO to register an FIR and conduct a fair investigation.
The magistrate's order was based on allegations that the complainant's son was illegally picked up by Special Staff officials in November 2024, detained for nearly two days, assaulted and released only after he suffered a fracture. The complainant had alleged that police officers demanded illegal gratification for his release and that local police refused to entertain her complaint.
While the police, in their status report, denied allegations of illegal detention and assault, the magistrate noted that they were duty-bound to register an FIR when cognisable offences were disclosed and directed compliance within seven days.
SHO Love Atrey and Constable Ankush subsequently moved the sessions court challenging the order with two separate revision pleas, leading to the stay granted on Thursday.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
