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The Delhi Police Special Cell has filed a astir 14,000-page 4th supplementary chargesheet nether the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against the accused successful the 2023 Parliament information breach case for offences related to violent acts, transgression conspiracy and provocation to origin riots.
The supplementary chargesheet, filed earlier the Patiala House Court, was taken connected grounds during proceedings held connected Thursday (May 21). According to the tribunal order, the probe bureau submitted Supplementary Chargesheet-04 comprising 13,967 pages against the accused persons.
The prosecution informed Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal that the supplementary chargesheet was filed nether Sections 186, 353, 153, 452, 201, 34 and 120B of the IPC, on with Sections 13, 16 and 18 of the UAPA.
During the hearing, accused Neelam Prajapati alias Neelam Azad and Mahesh Kumawat appeared connected bail, portion accused Manoranjan D., Amol Dhanraj alias Amol, Sagar Sharma and Lalit Jha were produced physically from judicial custody.
SI Amit Bhati appeared connected behalf of the Investigating Officer, ACP Dharmender and submitted the supplementary chargesheet earlier the court. Copies of the chargesheet were supplied to each accused persons and their counsels done a pen drive.
Counsel appearing for accused Neelam Azad and Amol Dhanraj objected to the filing of the supplementary chargesheet astatine the contiguous stage, arguing earlier the tribunal that filing specified an extended chargesheet portion lengthy arguments connected framing of charges were already underway amounted to a “gross maltreatment of process of law”.
The defence besides sought a hard transcript of the supplementary chargesheet.
The prosecution assured the tribunal that 1 hard transcript acceptable would beryllium supplied to the defence counsel connected the adjacent day of hearing. The tribunal thereafter directed that a hard transcript of the supplementary chargesheet beryllium supplied to the acrophobic defence counsel and listed the substance for scrutiny of documents and further proceedings connected May 29 astatine 2 p.m.
The latest supplementary chargesheet includes allegations relating to obstruction of nationalist servants from discharging authoritative duty, provoking riots, demolition of grounds and offences connected with violent acts nether the anti-terror instrumentality UAPA.
The lawsuit pertains to the large information breach that took spot wrong and extracurricular Parliament connected December 13, 2023, the 22nd day of the 2001 Parliament panic attack.
During the incident, accused Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D. allegedly jumped into the Lok Sabha enclosure from the visitors’ assemblage portion proceedings were underway and released yellowish fume from canisters, triggering panic wrong the House earlier being overpowered by MPs and information personnel. Simultaneously, accused Neelam Azad and Amol allegedly released coloured fume and raised slogans extracurricular Parliament premises.
The constabulary had earlier alleged that Lalit Jha was the mastermind down the conspiracy and had fled with the mobile phones of the co-accused pursuing the incidental successful an effort to destruct evidence.
The Special Cell has been investigating the alleged larger conspiracy down the breach, including the planning, coordination and connection among the accused persons.
