New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has sought the stand of the Delhi Police chief and other personnel on a plea seeking contempt proceedings against them for allegedly failing to comply with directions to conclude a departmental inquiry against an inspector.
On September 9, Justice Mini Pushkarna issued notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner, the ACP concerned and the inspector on the contempt petition by the person against whom the FIR was registered in 2016.
“Let affidavit be filed by the respondents, within a period of four weeks,” the court said in the order, as it listed the matter for hearing in February.
High Court Orders Inquiry into Investigating Officer’s Conduct
In February 2025, the High Court addressed a quashing petition, noting that a chargesheet had not yet been filed in the case. The court criticized the investigating officer’s conduct and directed the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to conduct an inquiry against him.
Subsequently, the court was informed that a departmental inquiry had begun, but the plea alleges that no status report on the inquiry’s outcome was ever submitted regarding the inspector’s actions.
While the quashing petition was pending, a chargesheet was eventually filed. However, the trial court declined to take cognizance of it, instead instructing the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) to take appropriate legal action against the inspector.
In February 2025, the High Court had passed orders directing the ACP concerned to inquire into the “callous conduct” of the inspector who did not conclude the investigation in an FIR for nine years and then did not file a status report on a petition seeking quashing of the case. Represented by lawyer Ujwal Ghai, the petitioner submitted that the FIR against him was “frivolous”, but the inspector did not conclude the investigation for nine years, which caused humiliation to him till it was finally quashed by the High Court in August.
