Court grants five days remand of accused to Delhi police in murder case

Rahul and Mohd Harun, two suspects who had been detained in connection with a stabbing case involving students at Delhi University (DU), were given five days of police custody on Tuesday by the Patiala House Court in Delhi.
In order to find the crime’s weapon and apprehend the other suspects, Delhi police requested remand. Nikhil Chauhan, a student at DU, was fatally stabbed on Sunday near South Campus.
After hearing the investigation officer’s (IO) arguments, duty metropolitan magistrate Anamika approved five days of police remand.
“In view of the submissions of the IO and for the purpose of fair and proper investigation, five days PC remand is allowed. Both accused persons are sent to five days of police custody in the custody of the SHO/IO/Insp. Naresh and be produced before the concerned court/Duty MM on June 25, 2023,” the court ordered.
Police produced both accused before the court with muffled faces and sought remand for further investigation.
IO moved an application seeking five days remand of accused Rahul and Harun.
APP Aniket Kumar represented the state and advocate Sanjay Kumar (Legal Aid Counsel) represented the accused persons
IO sought five days of Police custody remand of both accused persons to apprehend co-accused persons, to recover the weapon of offence and to conduct further investigation in the present matter.
While granting the remand, the court also perused the disclosure Statement of the accused wherein they have submitted that they can aid in further investigation.
“Offence alleged is serious in nature as it has been stated that the accused persons were involved in the murder of the victim/deceased and some of the co-accused are yet to be apprehended,” the court observed.
The court has directed the IO to get the accused persons medically examined, as per the rules.
According to police, two persons, identified as Rahul – a 1st year BA student – and Haroon – a school dropout and friend of Rahul – have been apprehended in connection to the incident.
Officials said that the victim student was allegedly stabbed to death at Delhi University’s South Campus on Sunday afternoon.
The police in its preliminary investigation found that a fight broke out between the two over a dispute pertaining to a girl, during which the victim was stabbed to death.
“About a week ago, one of the students in college misbehaved with his girlfriend. On Sunday, at 12:30 pm, the main accused from the same college along with 3 others met Nikhil outside the college gate and stabbed him,” he said.