The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking an order to transfer the investigation of the case of murdered teenager Shraddha Walker from the Delhi Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Further, the court also imposed a fine, saying that the petition was filed for publicity purpose. However, the court did not specify the amount of fine while passing the order.
The matter came up for hearing on Tuesday before a session of Delhi High Court Chief Justice Satish Chandra Chama and Justice Subramaniam Prasad.
The judges then said ‘this petition is for publicity purpose instead of public welfare purpose. He said that there is no reason to investigate this petition.
Advocate Sanjay Lao, appearing on behalf of the Delhi Police, said, ‘In this case, 80 percent of the investigation has been completed. Consisting of 200 policemen
A team of senior police officers is investigating the case,’ he said.
Then the sitting judge asked the petitioner’s lawyer, ‘Give me a good reason for requesting transfer of this case to the CBI. Parents have no defects. You are a newbie. You have filed this petition for an obvious reason’.
Advocate Jokinth Duli, who appeared for the petitioner Joshini Duli, argued that the things recovered in the presence of the public and in the presence of the media are sowing seeds to destroy the evidence of this case.
The judges said, ‘The court is not an agency that monitors the investigation that the police can do. This petition is a petition with promotional purpose. You are just watching the fun from up close. The police are investigating. We do not monitor the investigation. Why should we doubt the police’s investigation?’
Advocate Santosh Tripathi and advocate Arun Banwar, who appeared for the Delhi government, argued that the petitioner has filed this petition without proper investigation. This petition has been filed without assigning any relevant reasons. Therefore, this petition should be dismissed with great caution’, he requested.
Additional Solicitor General Chetan Chama argued that the petitioner cannot dictate how the investigation of this case should be conducted and how it should have been conducted.
Then the lawyer for the petitioner said that if the police is allowed to continue the investigation in the same way, then this case will be released in the end. The judges asked him, ‘Are you a judge?’
Earlier it was reported that Aftab Amin Poonawala (28) strangled Shraddha Walker, cut her body into 35 pieces and kept it in a refrigerator for three weeks at her home in Meharoli, south Delhi. Police investigation revealed that he threw the body parts in various places in the city.