New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused bail to two persons in a case concerning the alleged murder of Delhi Police head constable Ratan Lal during the north-east Delhi riots in 2020, saying that the footage of the crime scene was quite egregious and sufficient to keep them in further custody.

The clinching evidence that tilts this Court to prolong the incarceration of the Petitioner is his presence wherein he is clearly identified at the Scene of Crime, holding a danda in one hand and pelting stones with his other hand at uniformed officials who at present around him, and are heavily and hopelessly outnumbered.

The court also clarified that merely being one of the organisers of the protest as well as being in touch with others who participated in the protest is also not sufficient enough to justify the prosecution’s stand that one of the accused who was granted bail was involved in the pre-planning of the alleged incident.