JUDGMENT :

Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia, J.

1. This application under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking the following reliefs :-

"It is therefore, most humbly prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to allow this petition and be further pleased to direct the respondents to preserve the CCTV footage record and call record of Footage installations of the relevant time and place as mentioned in their applications to the authorities, in the interest of justice."

2. It is submitted by the counsel for the applicants that at the time of incident, they were not present on the spot and this fact can be verified by the police after obtaining CCTV Footage as well as call details of private establishments. It is further submitted that the FIR in Crime No. 419/2020 has been registered at Police Station Mehgaon, District Bhind for offence under Section 376-D of IPC.

3. Considered the submission made by the counsel for the applicants.

4. The moot question for consideration is that whether this Court can issue a direction to the investigation agency to investigate the matter in a particular manner or not?

5. The Supreme Court in the case of Romila Thapar v. Union of India, reported in