BMW accident case: court refuses to order police to disclose CCTV footage of accident spot

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The accused operator  of the BMW car   was arrested connected  Monday.

The accused operator of the BMW car was arrested connected Monday. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO

New Delhi

A Delhi tribunal connected Friday refused to bid the constabulary to disclose the contented of the CCTV footage collected from the mishap tract wherever a BMW car had killed elder Finance Ministry authoritative Navjot Singh and injured his wife. The mates were travelling connected a motorbike and the BMW car had crashed into it.

The counsel for the accused, the operator of the car Gaganpreet Makkad, had filed an exertion successful tribunal seeking orders for the prosecution to record a reply whether the footage arsenic preserved contains the full incidental arsenic it happened and whether the aforesaid has been analysed. The accused’s counsel submitted that helium lone wants the connection from the prosecuting bureau that the transgression is covered successful the seized footage.

Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Ankit Garg of Patiala House Courts noted that the probe successful the substance is pending and the accused cannot inquire the prosecuting bureau to marque a connection arsenic to what grounds has been collected by them till date. “Here, the accused is asking for a circumstantial connection from the prosecuting bureau that they person collected grounds which contains the incidental of the transgression from circumstantial cameras. Orders for preservation of CCTV footage person already been fixed and clarification has besides been sought from SHO to spot whether the seized footage contains footage from cameras astatine pillar no. 65 and 67,” the tribunal said.

It added that the prosecuting agency, astatine the behest of accused, cannot beryllium forced to archer the veracity and contents of the evidence, arsenic collected by them.

The tribunal posted the adjacent proceeding connected Saturday.

Published - September 20, 2025 01:02 americium IST

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