HC acquits 6 in 2020 riots case, raps police

A Delhi court on Monday acquitted six people in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots case, while taking strong exception to them being falsely framed. The court also pulled up the investigating officer in the case for avoiding the defects, causing an improper judgment.

- Arnabjit Sur

“It is apparent that merely in order to work out a case, a false case has been foisted upon the accused and head constable Vikas, the only eye witness of the case, is completely unreliable qua (in role of) these accused persons. All the accused are entitled to be acquitted of all the charges,” the order passed by additional sessions judge Praveen Singh stated.

The six people — Ishu Gupta, Prem Prakash, Raj Kumar, Manish Sharma, Rahul and Amit — have been acquitted of various sections of rioting and criminal conspiracy.