Delhi riots: Police tells HC plea for giving videos of protests against CAA not maintainable
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The metropolis police has instructed the Delhi High Court {that a} plea moved by JNU scholar and Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita, accused in a case associated to northeast Delhi riots, searching for copies of videos of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was not maintainable.
The challenge relating to maintainability of the plea was raised earlier than Justice Suresh K. Kait by Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju, showing for the Delhi Police.
“Let the respondent [police] file an affidavit on the maintainability aspect within a week, with advance copy furnished to the other side. Response thereto, if any, be filed within five days thereafter,” the Court stated and listed the matter for additional listening to on February 4.
Ms. Kalita, in her plea filed via advocates Adit S. Pujari, Tusharika Mattoo and Kunal Negi, has sought copies of videos of protests against the CAA and different digital knowledge obtainable with the police within the matter that have been filed together with the cost sheet within the case.
While Ms. Kalita is in judicial custody within the case beneath the stringent anti-terror legislation Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, she has been granted bail within the case associated to the riots in Jaffarabad space.
Earlier, earlier than the trial court docket, Ms. Kalita’s counsel had sought copies of a pen drive containing video clips between February 22, 2020 and February 26, 2020; DVD containing video clips of incident on February 25, 2020 and CD containing images and video clips of the accused; DVD containing video clips of protests of January 5, 2020 and DVD containing video clips beneath Jaffarabad metro station between February 22, 2020 and February 23, 2020.
Communal violence had damaged out in northeast Delhi on February 24 final yr after clashes between the citizenship legislation supporters and protesters spiralled out of management, leaving a minimum of 53 folks lifeless and round 200 injured.
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