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The Allahabad High Court had imposed the costs on the ground that Pracha resorted to forum shopping and also argued his case wearing lawyer's robe and a band despite being a petitioner in-person.

SPP Amit Prasad had earlier told a Delhi trial court that Mehmood Pracha could not continue to represent the accused in the Delhi riots case as Pracha could be summoned as a witness.

Mehmood Pracha had said that a private investigation revealed that Amit Prasad took money from Delhi Police illegally. He also alleged that the SPP threatened to implicate him (Pracha) in the Delhi ri ...

Mehmood Pracha approached the High Court arguing that Delhi Police had already searched his office once and that they did not give any notice under Section 91 CrPC.

The Bench held that the denial of a right to trial contemplated under the statute had resulted in the miscarriage of justice.

Pracha, however, maintained that since he has not committed any wrong, he will not apologise.

The Delhi High Court on Monday listed student activist Gulfisha Fatima's habeus corpus plea before another bench on July 9, subject to obtaining the necessary orders of the Chief Justice.

Earlier this year, a raid at Pracha's office was undertaken by the Police in connection with an FIR alleging that he had tutored a witness to initiate a false Delhi Riots case.

The Court refused to pass any order, including that of a stay on the search warrant, in the absence of the prosecution.

The Court held that as per expert opinion, target data could be copied or retrieved without any interference with other data.

"This will lead to Delhi Police raiding the houses of lawyers and taking their systems. This is not done..." Wadhwa argued.

Counsel for Delhi Police asked the Court to vacate the stay order on the search warrant issued against Pracha, arguing that an accused cannot be allowed to dictate the terms of an investigation.