Date:09/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/09/stories/2006100913120400.htm

New Delhi

Plea rejected

New Delhi: A city court has rejected a plea by Delhi Police to get a cheque theft case closed against a constable and two others, and directed them to probe the incident properly and file a chargesheet.

Taking exception to the Dilshad Garden SHO's application that no prima facie case of theft was made out against constable Pradeep and his brothers-in-law Sanjay and Mahesh, Metropolitan Magistrate Shahabuddin asked him to first probe the incident and then come before the court. On October 6, two days after lodging the FIR against them for theft, police petitioned the court that they be allowed to withdraw the case. Anil Sarin and his wife Shobha had lodged a complaint with the police that a signed blank cheque was stolen by Pradeep and Sanjay on August 19, when the accused had visited them for negotiating the purchase of their flat. PTI