New Facts: Delhi Police Requests New Probes Into Protesters

Delhi Police asked the Supreme Court to quash 13 FIRs from the July 20–25 CJP protests in Delhi and to allow a single new case focused on 2,873 named individuals. The existing FIRs were filed on July 21, 22, 25 and 26 at multiple police stations and include charges of rioting, attempted murder, damage to public property, and in one case robbery.

The petition says the 2,873 people have serious prior criminal records in national police data and were reported present at Jantar Mantar; the new case would only examine whether they caused injuries or damaged government or public property. It also says no fresh FIRs will be filed for the incidents already covered and that similar relief would not be opposed if more related FIRs later surface.

The application invokes the court’s special powers under Article 142 and asks that any order be treated as specific to this matter, not a precedent. It was filed on August 31 with an affidavit by Joint Commissioner Ajay Krishna Sharma and was listed for hearing the next day.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources