HC orders FIR against public prosecutor, lawyer

In a first-of-its kind case, a public prosecutor and an advocate will soon be seen defending themselves against the charges of acting in cahoots — despite being on opposing sides — to get an innocent man jailed, while the real accused testifies as a prosecution witness during the trial.



On the direction of the Delhi High Court, an FIR has been lodged against the prosecutor, the advocate and the investigating officer at the Subzi Mandi police station on charges of cheating, impersonation, false implication, perjury and acting fraudulently in the court.
Taking a serious view of the accusations levelled by the man, who was convicted on a “mistaken identity” after his own lawyer allegedly connived with the prosecutor to get him convicted, Justice S N Dhingra has ordered a comprehensive probe into the episode and demanded a police report.
The convict, one Vinod, had filed a revision petition before Justice Dhingra, alleging that he had been wrongly sentenced to a year-long jail term by the trial court for causing death by rash and negligent driving, even though he had not been driving the offending vehicle.