Kanjhawala Drag & Death Case: Court Extends Judicial Custody Of 5 Accused For 14 Days

The Delhi’s Rohini Court today extended the judicial custody of 5 accused for 14 days in the Kanjhawala Death case.

Recently, The Delhi police added section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the matter.

Initially, the case was registered under the sections 279 and 304 of the IPC. Metropolitan Magistrate Sanya Dalal of Rohini Court extended judicial custody of Deepak Khanna, Amit Khanna, Krishan, Mithun and Manoj Mittal until 14^th of March.

At present, two accused Ankush and Ashutosh have been granted bail by the court.

It’s a matter in which a girl was allegedly hit and dragged for 13 kilometres for nearly 2 hours.

The accused persons got arrested in January 2023. Accused Ashutosh and Ankush have been granted bail by the court.

Whereas, the additional public prosecutor Atul Srivastava has been appointed as a special public prosecutor to represent Delhi police.

This matter pertains to the incident of dragging a girl under a car in the Kanjhawala, the Sultan Puri area on intervening night of December 31 and January 1, 2023.