Additional Sessions Judge stays the order of a magistrate’s court which had directed that search warrant against the Supreme Court lawyer be executed
Team Clarion
NEW DELHI — A Delhi Court has appointed an advocate as the Local Commissioner (LC) to supervise the police team that will seal the computer of advocate Mehmood Pracha who is facing a probe over alleged tutoring of a witness in connection with Delhi riots cases.
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana on Saturday appointed advocate Avneet Kaur, the youngest counsel present in the courtroom against a fee of Rs 25,000 that will be paid by Pracha, the applicant.
Judge Rana stayed the magistrate court’s order, directing a search warrant against Pracha to be executed, till the next date of hearing on April 28. The court directed the investigating officer (IO) to go to Pracha’s office and seize and seal the computer. The entire procedure, according to the court direction, will be videographed in the presence of the LC.
