<p>A court here on Sunday directed police to preserve the video footage of the search conducted at the premises of advocate Mehmood Pracha, a lawyer representing some of the accused in northeast Delhi riot cases.</p>.<p>Duty Magistrate Udhav Kumar Jain, however, did not pass any order on whether to hand over a copy of the video to Pracha.</p>.<p>The court directed its staff to preserve the entire video footage of the search with its seal and place it before the court concerned for necessary orders.</p>.<p>The judge said that at this stage, only directions for preserving the video footage are "deemed necessary and the concerned court can take a call on supplying the video footage to the applicant Pracha at an appropriate stage".</p>.<p>The court has listed the matter for January 5 before the court concerned.</p>.<p>The video footage was submitted by the investigating officer (IO) in response to an earlier court order.</p>.<p>The court is hearing an application by Pracha in which he has said that he was threatened by the IO that a false case will be registered against him.</p>.<p>Pracha had submitted that a search was conducted at his office from December 24 noon till around 3 am on December 25, and according to law, the IO should have intimated forthwith the search and the seized articles to the magistrate concerned.</p>.<p>He submitted that, however, the same was not done and therefore, he filed an application in that regard.</p>.<p>The advocate further submitted that the entire search was videographed as per a court order and that he was entitled to a copy of the video footage.</p>.<p>The Delhi Police had alleged that lawyer Pracha forged documents and instigated a man to depose falsely in connection with a case related to the violence in northeast Delhi in February this year.</p>.<p>Pracha has been representing various accused and complainants in cases related to the violence.</p>.<p>Various cases were registered over the northeast Delhi riots, in which at least 53 people were killed and several others were injured.</p>
<p>A court here on Sunday directed police to preserve the video footage of the search conducted at the premises of advocate Mehmood Pracha, a lawyer representing some of the accused in northeast Delhi riot cases.</p>.<p>Duty Magistrate Udhav Kumar Jain, however, did not pass any order on whether to hand over a copy of the video to Pracha.</p>.<p>The court directed its staff to preserve the entire video footage of the search with its seal and place it before the court concerned for necessary orders.</p>.<p>The judge said that at this stage, only directions for preserving the video footage are "deemed necessary and the concerned court can take a call on supplying the video footage to the applicant Pracha at an appropriate stage".</p>.<p>The court has listed the matter for January 5 before the court concerned.</p>.<p>The video footage was submitted by the investigating officer (IO) in response to an earlier court order.</p>.<p>The court is hearing an application by Pracha in which he has said that he was threatened by the IO that a false case will be registered against him.</p>.<p>Pracha had submitted that a search was conducted at his office from December 24 noon till around 3 am on December 25, and according to law, the IO should have intimated forthwith the search and the seized articles to the magistrate concerned.</p>.<p>He submitted that, however, the same was not done and therefore, he filed an application in that regard.</p>.<p>The advocate further submitted that the entire search was videographed as per a court order and that he was entitled to a copy of the video footage.</p>.<p>The Delhi Police had alleged that lawyer Pracha forged documents and instigated a man to depose falsely in connection with a case related to the violence in northeast Delhi in February this year.</p>.<p>Pracha has been representing various accused and complainants in cases related to the violence.</p>.<p>Various cases were registered over the northeast Delhi riots, in which at least 53 people were killed and several others were injured.</p>