Why accused with multiple disciplinary complaints lodged with Christian Michel, Delhi Court asks police

Special judge Sanjeev Aggarwal passed the direction after a report from the director general (prisons) revealed that Michel was sharing a ward with Shahnawaz, an undertrial with 41 complaints against him since 2020.

The court had earlier sought a report following Michel’s “grave” allegation that attempts were being made to poison him in jail. Taking serious note of the report, the court directed the jail superintendent to appear in person and explain why Michel was kept with a “desperate accused person.”

According to the report, Shahnawaz has 41 complaints against him inside jail since 2020, and he has received adequate punishment for these offences from the prison authority.