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A court here has dismissed a plea for lodging an FIR against Delhi Police officials, who had allegedly abused a boy and his father at a police station, after they refused to give bribe for parking their vehicles.
District Judge Ina Malhotra dismissed the revision plea filed by Sardar Manjot Singh, saying he "has not been able to satisfy this court" about what kind of probe he wants into the matter and even his application was declined by trial court.
"Given the facts that the accusation is made against the police officials, it is surprising that the complainant still wants to register an FIR in a matter to be investigated by the police themselves. I have asked counsel for the revisionist (Manjot) as to what investigation would be required in such a case. They asked for the call details to corroborate that the police control room was contacted by...(Manjot and his father) from the police station.
"It is surprising that such a record was not procured by petitioner (Manjot) himself as there is no bar on a consumer asking for his own call details or the location from where they were made. It is also a well known fact that the mobile providers maintain the records only for six months and it is highly unlikely that the same exists," the court said.
The court's order came on a plea filed by Manjot, who filed a revision petition against the magistrate's decision declining to register criminal case against police officials of Amar Colony Police Station here.
Manjot had told the court that five of the cops including the then SHO of Amar Colony Police Station had concocted a false story and registered a criminal case against him and his father to hide their illegal action on them.
