NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has dismissed a plea filed by Professor Sucharita Sen, who suffered injuries during an attack allegedly by masked people inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on January 5, seeking registration of an FIR in the matter, as it observed that a case has already been lodged.
The court passed the order after a status report was filed by the police, which informed that an FIR was registered for the said violent act of the mob which gathered at Periyar Hostel, JNU.
After going through the report, the court said, “This implies that injuries suffered by a number of persons including the complainant were a result of a violent act which forms part of the same transaction for which FIR already registered as it not only has proximity in time and place but also the damage to property and the injuries suffered by the complainant and other persons…Hence, I am satisfied that no directions are required for registering a separate FIR on the complaint made by the complainant,” Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Singh Rajawat said in the order passed on Wednesday while dismissing the application.
The judge, however, directed the DCP of the crime branch to file a status report of the investigation of FIR which has been registered in this regard by December 19.The FIR was lodged by the Delhi Police at Vasant Kunj (North) police station and was later transferred to its Crime Branch.
The status report also said that the IO probing the matter has also collected the medical report from the AIIMS, which opined the injuries received by the complainant as ‘simple blunt’.
The court also observed that even though Sen wanted a separate FIR, she did not make any apprehension that her complaint will not be investigated in the FIR that has already been lodged.
The incident took place on January 5, when masked men armed with sticks and rods attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the campus.