Overview
- The bench, which issued the warning Thursday, ordered Delhi Police to place the full investigation file before it for a May 19 review.
- Judges said the sealed status report was unsatisfactory and reminded police that any suspicion must be pursued by following arrest and interrogation rules.
- Delhi Police denied any illegal detention or torture, saying the questioning was lawful and part of an active probe into 13 activists for alleged Maoist or Naxalite links.
- The force told the court that CCTV from its Special Cell office in New Friends Colony is preserved, though footage from Vijay Nagar and Maurice Nagar locations was unavailable.
- Petitions allege about 10 students and activists were picked up between March 12 and 14, taken to an unmarked site, and some later reported assault and intimidation when they sought medical checks.