KL Desk
Srinagar
A day after the Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar, Rajiv Gupta served notice on Station House Officer (SHO) Kralkhud Aftab Ahmad in contempt of court proceedings for alleged delay in filing report in Danish Farooq case, the court on Saturday sent Danish on police remand till Nov 9.
According to official sources, the SHO today filed his reply before the court through the Chief Prosecuting Officer, praying that the delay in submitting the report to the court was on account of engagements in curfew duties and that the family members of Danish had not come to collect the report from the police station.
“He has also submitted before the court that the orders from the court had reached him with delay and that he had prepared the report as soon as the court’s directions came to his notice”, the sources said, adding that the parents of Danish Farooq did not go back to the police station for collecting the report or inquiring about it.
The court, according to sources, had only asked the SHO to file a reply and not attend the court personally, as reported earlier.
According to sources, the court has held that Danish was not a minor as his age is 16 years and sent to police remand till December 9, which will be the next date of hearing.
Advocate Babar, appearing for Danish Farooq in the confirmed to KNS, that the accused has been accorded to police remand till Nov 9.
Pertinently Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Srinagar Rajiv Gupta served the notice against SHO Police Station Kral Khud Aftab Ahmad on Friday in proceedings of contempt of court and directed the SHO to file reply and statement of facts in the contempt petition by or before December 1.
Danish was whisked away by police personnel of Kral Khud police station on Monday outside lower court after he was granted bail in another case registered against him in Shaheed Gunj police station.
