Overview
- Justice Neena Bansal Krishna vacated the September 2024 interim stay and dismissed Devangana Kalita’s disclosure petition on Friday, June 5, 2026.
- The court rejected Kalita’s demand for certain CCTV footage and police WhatsApp group chats while granting her the right to inspect unrelied material kept in the police malkhana.
- The judgment said the prosecution has already supplied all evidence it relies on and that withheld chats and footage were not relied on or were kept back because investigations remain active or the material is sensitive.
- With the stay lifted the trial court may now pass final orders on framing of charges after the prosecution files its rejoinder, a step that could affect pending bail applications by co-accused.
- The case arises from the February 2020 Northeast Delhi riots and involves multiple accused charged under the IPC, PDPP Act, Arms Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, a context that the court noted when balancing fair-trial disclosure against ongoing probes.