Delhi HC issues notice on police plea against cost for probe failure

A local court had imposed a cost of ₹25,000 for ‘miserably’ failing in its investigation into a case of a man, who received gunshot injuries in his left eye during the north-east Delhi riots last year.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on the city police’s plea challenging a recent order of a local court here imposing a cost of ₹25,000 for “miserably” failing in its investigation into a case of a man, who received gunshot injuries in his left eye during the north-east . Justice Subromonim Prasad said there could not be a stay on the strictures made by the court against the Delhi police officers without hearing the case. He, however, said that the Delhi police need not deposit the ₹25,000 till the next date of hearing on September 13. Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju said the Delhi police’s grievance was mainly against the “cost and the strictures passed against the police officers”. He said the court had imposed the cost even before hearing the officers concerned.