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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Fired from family business, nephew breaks into uncle's shops in Delhi; arrested
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Police has arrested a 22-year-old man who allegedly stole cash, a laptop and a mobile phone from his uncle's shop in Dwarka to take revenge after he was fired from the family business, officials said on Wednesday.
Piyush Tulswani, the accused, completed his Class 11 from Rajasthan's Pilani, after which he came back to live with his family, a senior police officer said.
His father, Kishan Tulswani, used to work as a sales manager at his uncle Jeetu's confectionery shops. After the death of his father, Piyush took up his position, the officer said.
Soon, Piyush started embezzling money from the shops, and was fired after Jeetu took note of the act, police said.
His mother also reprimanded him for embezzling money, after which Piyush left home and started living with his friend, the officer said.
Piyush hatched a plot to steal money from his uncle’s shops, which he knew well. Acting on his plan, he took his brother's scooter and broke open each shop, stealing cash, a laptop and a mobile phone.
On January 31, Jeetu reported the matter to police, accusing Piyush of committing burglaries at his shops located in Sector-18, Sector-11, Sector-12 and Sector-4, Dwarka, the officer said.
Jeetu also provided CCTV camera footage from the shops, in which Piyush could be seen breaking them open, he said.
Tracing his mobile phone locations to Safdarjang, Hauz Khas, Rajapuri and Dabri, police conducted several raids.
“He later switched off his phone to restrict access to his location,” the officer said.
On February 13, police received information that Piyush would come to the fruit mandi in Dabri around 9.30 am. Accordingly, a trap was laid, leading to the arrest of the accused, he said.
Initially, he did not confess to the crime, but when police showed him the CCTV clips, he admitted to committing the burglaries, the officer said.
