India, Feb. 23 -- A Delhi court has refused to take cognisance of a chargesheet filed against four Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, who are accused of disobeying police orders and burning effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the enforcement directorate during a protest at Nithari Chowk in west Delhi last March.

Pulling up the Delhi Police for sitting on the investigation of the case for eight months despite having access to all the evidence and witnesses, additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal of Rouse Avenue Court passed the order on Friday.

The court also questioned the Investigating Officer (IO) for not carrying out a preliminary inquiry before lodging an FIR.

The incident took place on March 24, when Rituraj Govind ...