Overview
- The Supreme Court, in Friday's order, called the police commissioner and investigating officer to appear Monday with all records and questioned how the accused allegedly had a gun while in custody.
- The court noted the March 17 FIR did not include rape or POCSO charges even though the post-mortem recorded injuries to the child's private parts and head.
- It recorded submissions that two private hospitals denied the bleeding child admission when she was alive and issued them notices to explain.
- Ghaziabad Police said they filed a 900-page chargesheet on April 3 under India's new criminal code, the POCSO law, and the SC/ST Act, while key forensic reports are still awaited.
- The child's father alleged police beat and threatened the family to drop the case, and the court ordered no coercive action and protection of their identities.