A sessions court here has quashed orders issued by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of the Patiala House Courts, which directed nine students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to appear before him and record their consent or refusal for a lie detector test in the Najeeb Ahmed case.
Revision plea allowed
Quashing the orders on a revision petition moved by the students, Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma said, “The present revision petition is allowed. The impugned orders are set aside.”
Counsel for the petitioners Sidharth Luthra said that the investigating officer had wrongly mentioned in his notices to the students that the Delhi High Court had directed the Delhi Police to conduct a lie detector test.
‘HC didn’t issue direction’
Disposing the objections of the students to the police’s notice, the CMM had observed that the contention of the petitioners was correct to some extent as the notice gave the impression that a lie detector test was being done with reference to the High Court order, Mr. Sharma said.
The sessions court added that the High Court had issued no such direction. It was only a submission by the counsel for the State, the Judge added.
