A Delhi sessions court has overturned a lower court order that directed the registration of a first information report (FIR) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Dayalpur Police Station, and several others in connection with an alleged incident during the Northeast Delhi riots of February 2020. The decision comes as a significant relief to Mishra, who has consistently rejected accusations of instigating violence during the period of unrest linked to protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

What did the sessions court say?

On Monday, Special Judge (PC Act) Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts set aside the April 1 order of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Vaibhav Chaurasiya. The magistrate had previously dir

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