Parvinder Singh Rathee v. State through Government of N.C.T of Delhi & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Parvinder Singh Rathee v. State through Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors., W.P.(CRL) 343/2025 (with CRL.M.A. 2919/2025, CRL.M.A. 2920/2025), High Court of Delhi, order dated 22.08.2025 by Justice Amit Mahajan. Alleged illegal detention by police on 07.11.2024 termed a cognizable offence; prayer for registration of a case; preservation of police-station CCTV footage (six weeks); Article 226 Constitution of India - vague prayers not grantable; petition disposed of. Counsel: Mayank Wadhwa, Muskan Gupta (petitioner); Amol Sinha ASC with Kshitiz Garg, Ashvini Kumar, Ntitish Dhawan, Sanskriti Nimbekar (State); Anirudh Bakhru, Ayush Puri (R-5 & 6).
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of: petitioner left at liberty to take appropriate steps (no direction to register a case); State directed to preserve the CCTV footage for six weeks, subject to further orders of appropriate forums; remaining prayers rejected as vague under Article 226.