New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- The Rouse Avenue court on Friday declined to take cognizance of a charge sheet filed against former AAP MLA Rituraj Jha and three others accused over delay in the investigation. Delhi police filed the charge sheet nine months after registration of the FIR.

"What is more disturbing is the blatant and casual forwarding of the police report by the concerned SHO and ACP. Neither the SHO nor the ACP questioned the IO as to what took him 10 months when there was no investigation required to be done," the court said.

This case is related to disobedience of orders issued by a government official and violation of a prohibitory order issued by the ACP.

An FIR was registered at police station Aman Vihar in March 2024.

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