Overview

• Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh acquitted Ishu Gupta, Prem Prakash, Raj Kumar, Manish Sharma, Rahul and Amit in a case tied to the February 25, 2020 violence in northeast Delhi.
• The order stated that a false case was foisted on the accused and declared the lone prosecution eyewitness, head constable Vikas, completely unreliable with respect to these men.
• The court said the prosecution’s case, built on disclosures from the accused, had fallen apart and cited 'egregious padding of evidence' by the investigating officer.
• Supervisory officers, including the station house officer and assistant commissioner of police, were faulted for mechanically forwarding a flawed chargesheet, with a warning about eroding public faith in investigations.
• The ruling referenced specific investigative defects, including an IO claim not recorded in the case diary and questionable medical records for a police witness, and followed similar acquittals by the same court in July.