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Delhi Court Declines FIR Plea Against Kapil Mishra in 2020 Riots Case

The magistrate said a previous sessions-court ruling rendered any order to register an FIR legally impermissible.

Overview

  • Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar dismissed Mohammad Ilyas’s request to direct police to register an FIR over an alleged February 23, 2020 incident in Kardampuri.
  • The court converted the application into a complaint case and allowed the complainant to lead evidence, listing his examination for March 27.
  • The order relied on a November 2025 sessions-court decision that set aside an earlier directive for further investigation and whose findings the magistrate said had attained finality.
  • The Delhi Police told the court its probe found no incriminating material against Mishra and cited WhatsApp group chats and a social-media campaign as evidence of an attempt to frame him.
  • The complaint alleges Mishra and associates blocked a road and vandalised vendors’ carts, and it names other BJP figures and police officials as being present or involved.