Investigation in hate speeches case at an ‘advanced stage’, Delhi Police tells SC

The Delhi Police should complete the probe and file the chargesheet by the next hearing in the Supreme Court

The Delhi Police told the Supreme Court on February 20 that its investigation, into hate speech incidents in the national capital, is at an “advanced stage”.

Appearing before a Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, Additional Solicitor General K.M. Nataraj, for the police, said voice sample tests report was “expected”.

Advocate Shadan Farasat, for petitioner Tushar Gandhi, said in the previous hearing the police had informed the court that their investigation was “substantially completed”.

He said the Delhi Police should complete the probe and file the chargesheet by the next hearing in the Supreme Court.

The apex court listed the case for the first week of April as there was a Constitution Bench in the intervening weeks.

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Previously, Mr. Farasat had highlighted that no chargesheets were filed though the hate speech incidents had happened in Delhi way back on December 19, 2021. Even the FIR was registered only on May 4, 2022. There had been no arrests or questioning of the suspects, Mr. Farasat had submitted.