New Delhi: A sessions court here has upheld a magisterial court's order to not register a second FIR in the matter related to a man suffering injuries in February 2020 when the northeast Delhi riots had taken place. The court observed, "There cannot be...another FIR in respect of the same cause of action."
The court was hearing a revision petition filed by Akram Khan, which said the magisterial court was wrong in dismissing his plea seeking directions to the police for registration of an FIR regarding Khan sustaining a grievous injury during the northeast Delhi riots on February 24, 2020.
"I do not find any merit in the contention of the petitioner as raised in the present petition, nor do I find any legal infirmity in the impugned order. In view of my forgoing discussions, observations and findings, the present revision petition is rejected," Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala said in the order passed on Tuesday.
The judge said before deciding on an application for directing the investigation, the magistrate concerned was empowered to conduct an enquiry into the allegations and also to ascertain the veracity of the allegations.
In the present case, the Metropolitan Magistrate asked for an action taken report from the police and found that an FIR regarding the cause of the injury sustained by Khan was already registered at Shastri Park police station, the judge said. "The petitioner has not joined the investigation, rather...it appears that the petitioner is aggrieved of the sections for which FIR was registered and it also appears that he has a different version to narrate," the court said.
During the investigation, the police were supposed to collect the evidence and unless Khan joined the investigation, there was no means for the police to look for the relevant piece of evidence, the court said.