A Delhi Court dismissed an early hearing application in a plea seeking registration of FIR in connection with the January 5 mob attack in JNU( Jawaharlal Nehru University) .
“At this stage, the reasons for preponement of the application u/s 156(3) CrPC of the complainant are not found to be plausible. Further, in the present condition posed due to COVID-19 pandemic, the courts are to take only urgent matters. It is beyond the comprehension of the court as what prejudice will be caused to the complainant if already pending application under section 156(3) is not preponed.”
The order was passed by Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Vasundhara Chhaunkar. The Applicant was represented through Advocate Adit S Pujari. Earlier this year, the application under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 for registration of FIR in connection with the attack was filed by JNU Professor Sucharita Sen, (Applicant) who suffered injuries during the violence.
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The Court was subsequently informed that the Crime Branch of Delhi Police was already conducting investigation in connection with the JNU attack.
In view of the submissions made by Crime Branch and COVID-19, the Court concluded that advancing the date of hearing in the Section 156(3) application was not plausible.
“..the investigation of the FIR already registered regarding the mob violence at JNU is already in progress and the Hon’ble High Court has already directed the investigating agency to expedite the matter. This court abstains itself from making any observations upon the arguments or the registration of seperate FIR as the same may effect the final disposal of application under Section 156(3).”
The application for early hearing was accordingly dismissed.
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