By Nirbhay Thakur / Indian Express

During the hearing of the 2020 Delhi riots “larger conspiracy” case, Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad argued in court that no judgment gives the accused the right to know about the status of the investigation.

Prasad further questioned the maintainability of the applications filed by the accused, which requested the court to direct the police to inform them about the probe status.

While Prasad had earlier said he would argue for two hours, he concluded the arguments within a few minutes, questioning the maintainability of the applications filed by the accused. “The applicants can’t ask the court to create a special procedure in the garb of rights of the accused,” said Prasad.

Advocates Sowjhanya Shankaran and Adit S Pujari, representing the accused, argued that there were legal sources of power provided to the accused to ask about the status of the investigation. “When police are not answering the question, this court and the accused have the right to ask them,” said Shankaran.

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