Defacement case against Kejriwal: court summons FSL Director over delay in filing report
The Hindu
Delhi court summons FSL Director over defacement case involving Arvind Kejriwal, seeks report by June 28, 2025.
A Delhi court has summoned the Director of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) to appear in person on June 28 over the failure to submit a report related to a defacement case in which former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal is one of the accused.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Neha Mittal issued the notice after noting that a previous notice directed to be sent to the FSL Director on May 23 had been duly served. However, no report has been filed yet. “In view thereof, issue notice to the Director, FSL, to appear in person for 28.06.2025,” the court said on Monday.
In the previous notice, the court had asked the department to examine a compact disc (CD) containing alleged evidence.
The case stems from a 2019 complaint filed by a Delhi resident, Shiv Kumar Saxena, who alleged that Mr. Kejriwal, former AAP MLA Gulab Singh Yadav and former BJP councillor Nitika Sharma were misusing public funds by placing billboards in various sectors of Dwarka sub-city, including at traffic intersections and parks.
Mr. Saxena said he was forced to approach the judiciary when the police failed to act on his complaint. The complainant had submitted visual evidence to support the allegations.
In September 2022, a magisterial court dismissed his plea for an FIR against the former CM and others. On January 21 this year, a sessions court directed the magistrate to hear the case afresh.
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