Wamiq Farooq, a class VII student, was reportedly hit by a teargas shell when protestors were pelting stones on the police near the Gani Memorial Stadium in old Srinagar.
The apex court relied on the report of a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), set up by a Srinagar sessions court, which "found the police personnel innocent" and that the boy's death could have been due to a fall from the stadium wall or a teargas shell.
The Supreme Court said there was already an FIR concerning similar allegations on a private complaint and the trial in sessions court was in progress.
While passing the order on April 7, the apex court noted its order of October 28 last year when it had directed the state government to place the outcome of the deliberations of the SIT on this case.
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"A perusal of the conclusions recorded by the four-member SIT reveals that the police has been found to be innocent, with reference to the death of the boy named, Wamiq Farooq," a bench of Justices J S Khehar and S A Bobde said.
"Accordingly, the direction issued by the Sessions Judge, Srinagar, which came to be affirmed by the High Court, to register a fresh FIR in connection with death of the aforementioned boy named Wamiq Farooq, deserves to be set aside. The same is accordingly set aside," the bench said.