A Delhi court has upheld the order of a magisterial court directing lodging of an FIR against some employees of Delhi University’s Hans Raj College for alleged financial irregularities of around Rs 15
A Delhi court has upheld the order of a magisterial court directing lodging of an FIR against some employees of Delhi University’s Hans Raj College for alleged financial irregularities of around Rs 15 lakh of its Thrift and Credit Society.
The court said the allegations made in the complaint, by two office bearers of the college’s Society, were serious in nature and would require a field investigation and custodial interrogation which can be done only by the police.
“... In view of the clear-cut extra-judicial confession/ admissions of the petitioner (accused) and the fact that he himself has admitted committing the falsification of accounts and misappropriation of the funds of the Thrift and Credit and Society, it is also alleged in the complaint that there is falsification of records of the Society for various years.
“In these circumstances, I am of the considered opinion that a field investigation is required to be conducted by the police as the said evidence cannot be collected by the complainant for which even custodial interrogation of the petitioner would be required to find out the true scope of financial bungling/ irregularities committed by him in the said Thrift and Credit Society while working as a clerk for a long time,” special judge Sanjeev Aggarwal said.
The court said the magisterial court’s March 2016 order, challenged by the society’s treasurer, does not suffer from any infirmity or illegality.
