Overview
- The Supreme Court issued notices to the Union and Uttar Pradesh governments and directed the Gautam Buddh Nagar police commissioner to preserve and seal CCTV footage from Noida’s Sector 126 police station for the relevant period.
- The petition by a practising woman advocate alleges a 14‑hour illegal detention on the night of December 3–4, custodial sexual assault, threats at gunpoint, and coercion while she was assisting an injured client whose FIR was allegedly refused despite a medico‑legal certificate.
- The plea says police disabled or removed CCTV cameras, seized phones, and deleted digital evidence, and it asserts violations of constitutional safeguards and Supreme Court custody guidelines, including Section 46(4) CrPC.
- The court noted it would normally direct such matters to the High Court but agreed to hear this case given the seriousness of the claims and the CCTV issue, referencing its ongoing oversight of police‑station camera functioning.
- The petitioner seeks registration of an FIR, an independent investigation by a SIT or the CBI, disciplinary action, and protection; the NHRC has recorded the complaint as custodial violence, and a Noida police official said directions are being followed with an internal inquiry underway.