By Mehal Jain
A Delhi Court on Friday has summoned an Investigating Officer connected with cases arising out of the Delhi riots over the CAA, besides requiring him to produce the entire video footage of a search conducted by the Delhi Police at the office of an advocate appearing in the matter.
The order of Duty MM Anshul Singhal, Patiala House Court came on an application moved by advocate Mehmood Pracha seeking preservation of copies of the video footage of the raids conducted by Delhi police at his office on Thursday.
Pracha stated that he has moved an application under sections 165(5) and 156(3) of the CrPC before the trial court. He submitted that he has filed an application under section 93 CrPC yesterday before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and the IO was asked to file a reply on the said application and the matter was put up before the Duty MM for today.
Section 165(5) prescribes that in the event of a search by a police officer, copies of any record made shall forthwith be sent to the nearest Magistrate empowered to take cognizance of the offence, and the owner or occupier of the place searched shall, on application, be furnished, free of cost, with a copy of the same by the Magistrate. ( Live Law )
