Overview
- Chandresh, known as Monu, was found gravely injured on January 26, 2026, remained hospitalised for 22 days and died on February 16, 2026 after the family said he named Nagender as his attacker.
- Judicial Magistrate Bharti Beniwal said the investigating team initially registered the case as rash and negligent driving and only invoked culpable homicide after the victim’s death.
- The court criticised frontline and senior supervisors, including the IO, the SHO and higher-ranking officers, for failing to scrutinise the probe and for treating the incident as an accident.
- Magistrate Beniwal identified concrete forensic failures: the scene was not preserved, blood-stained items were not seized, no reconstruction was attempted and call-detail and hospital follow-up were not promptly done, leaving key evidence irretrievably lost.
- The June 29 order said a family video in which the injured man names the accused bears relevance as a dying declaration and it directed Police Commissioner Satish Golchha to personally review the case and file a compliance and disciplinary report by July 13.