New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed an application requesting the registration of an FIR against seven people, including a DCP, SHO and sub-inspector of Delhi Police in a case of fraud and cheating of Rs 1 crore.
Apoorv Bhardwaj, the judicial magistrate, first class, while allowing the application, directed the station house officer to register an FIR under appropriate sections within five days and start investigating.
Three police officers are of the North West district. The court also specifically asked Sanjay Sharma, the counsel for the complaint, whether the Prevention of Corruption Act is applicable or not.
The plea sought the registration of an FIR against the accused for various penal offences, including cheating, criminal intimidation, criminal breach of trust, public servant disobeying law with intent to cause injury to a person, and public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save a person from punishment.
Dharmesh Sharma, a businessman residing in Ashok Vihar with his family, alleged in his complaint that four people known to him and his family defrauded him of over Rs 1 crore by breaching his trust.
The complainant also alleged that though he dialled helpline number 112 to report the offence, police did not take any action. The court also appreciated the fact that co-accused persons enjoyed police protection for illicit reasons under the wings of the DCP.
In Aug, the same court asked the SHO to file a reply to an application seeking the preservation of CCTV footage, both audio and video, of the SHO room at the Bharat Nagar police station for the period between 11am and 2pm on April 11. The court also asked for an action taken report in which the same alleged police officials filed the report stating that no complaint was made by the complainant against the accused persons, which Sanjay Sharma disputed by showing a DD entry recorded by the same police officials.
The complainant’s counsels, advocates Sanjay Sharma and Karan Sachdeva, submitted before the court that the complaint had outlined cognizable offences, necessitating the registration of an FIR against the accused persons as police power was necessary for recovering the Innova car and also for investigating the alleged incident of depositing money in the Federal Bank account.
