Delhi Police Says CJP Protest FIRs Will Be Dropped, Fresh FIRs to Follow in Select Cases
Delhi Police tells Supreme Court It Will Quash FIRs Against Those Involved In Cockroach Janta Party Protests
“The Delhi Police shall forthwith quash the said 13 FIRs and shall be permitted to register a single fresh FIR in accordance with the above prayer against the named persons only,” the Delhi Police said in an application before the top court.
Delhi Police on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it will quash FIRs lodged against those who participated in the protests by a political party called ‘Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)’.
In an application filed before the Supreme Court, the Delhi Police said that the Central government has decided that it no longer desires to pursue 13 FIRs registered in connection with the CJP protests that took place in July this year. Therefore, it has sought the Court’s intervention by invoking its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to quash the FIRs.
“The FIRs lodged… pertain to offences of rioting, attempt to murder, damage to property,” the plea said.
The Delhi Police also said that the Centre has decided not to prosecute 2,873 people who have been identified as “persons with serious criminal antecedents”.
However, while quashing the FIRs, the Centre said the Delhi Police will prosecute the said 2,873 individuals.
“The Police is also proposing to consolidate and register a single fresh FIR against the said persons,” the plea added.
The plea that was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha today by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in the late afternoon seeks to primarily pray for quashing of 13 FIRs registered in connection with the CJP protests held from July 20 to 25, 20 in 2026 and permit the police to register one fresh FIR “against named persons only.”
The application, from Delhi police details why the Delhi Police wants the FIRs connected to protests, which took place between July 20 and 25 last year, to be quashed.
It says that in exercise of the power conferred by decision was taken by the Central Government on July 25, 2026 that the Delhi Police no longer desired to pursue the FIRs relating to the said protests which were spread over a period of from 20th to 25th July 2026.
“The said 13 FIRs registered at various police stations including Barakhamba Road, Kartavya Path, Parliament Street, Mandir Marg, Connaught Place and Parliament Street…” cause),
involve offences of rioting, attempt to murder, causing damage to public property and robbery etc. under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, corresponding provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984. In place of the said 13 FIRs, the police proposes to consolidate and register a single fresh focused FIR against the said persons only having serious criminal antecedents as per NCRB database and who were prima facie reported to have been present at the place of protest,” the plea adds.
It added that “for proper investigation of their role, if any, in the said offences relating to causing bodily injury to any person or destruction of property during the said protests, an investigation is necessary.”
Importantly, the Delhi Police has given an undertaking that it will not file any fresh FIRs in future in respect of the incidents which are the subject matter of this application.
Why Delhi Police Wants Article 142 Invoked
“The aforesaid request for quashing of the FIRs and permission to file a single fresh focused FIR is also made by the police in exercise of larger public interest and in view of the peculiar facts of the case. Therefore, it is prayed that this Hon’ble Court may, in exercise of its power under Article 142 of the Constitution of India,…pass such orders as it deem fit,” the Delhi Police added.
