The Delhi High Court on Monday directed a trial court to preserve the case diaries in a probe against activist Devangana Kalita by the Jafrabad police station. The matter relates to an offence lodged at the police station in 2020 during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The High Court, however, refused her plea to reconstruct the diaries in its order.

The HC had first directed the preservation of the case diaries in an order dated December 2, 2024, after Kalita accused the police of antedating statements in their case diaries.

Justice Ravinder Dudeja of the HC on Monday, noted, “The case diary is not the evidence but its absence may affect the fairness of trial and therefore directions may be given to preserve it.”

While rejecting the request for reconstruction, the

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