Mumbai, April 18 -- Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra director general of police (DGP) to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Investigating Officers to give evidence through video conferencing to ensure maintenance of decorum in the court, a lawyer said here on Friday.
A bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Neela K Gokhale gave direction during the hearing of a plea field by Bramhanand Naikwadi, Senior Police Inspector, attached with the Nerul Police station since July 2024, challenging the January 22 letter of the Beed trial court highlighting improper conduct of a senior police officer attached to Nerul Police station in Navi Mumbai while giving evidence through virtual mode.
The bench upheld the letter of a tri...