The Delhi Police’s Special Cell filed a request in Patiala House Court on Thursday to be allowed to test all of the defendants in the Parliament Security Breach Case with a polygraph.
The matter was continued until January 2, 2024 by Additional Sessions Judge Dr. Hardeeep Kaur, who noted that certain accused individuals were not represented by a court-appointed lawyer.
During the plea hearing, all six of the accused who had been apprehended were also brought before the court.
The jail remand of all six defendants was extended by the court last week until January 5, 2024.
The Delhi Police’s public prosecutor, Akhand Pratap Singh, stated that a thorough inquiry was necessary to uncover a more extensive conspiracy that underpinned this well-planned attack.
Police also sought custodial remand to find actual motive behind the attack and accused association with any other enemy country as aell as terror organizations.
The security breach happened on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack. Two people–Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D–jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow gas from canisters and shouted anti-establishment slogans before being overpowered by the MPs. Outside it, in another incident, two protestors — Neelam (42) and Amol (25) — protested outside the Parliament with similar gas canisters.
Later Police had arrested two more accused Lalit Jha and Mahesh Kumawat in the case after finding their crucial role in the conspiracy.