The Delhi High Court on Friday said a plea seeking transfer of probe in a case of alleged rape against self-styled preacher Daati Maharaj to the CBI should be listed before a Bench handling criminal matters.
A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said that the plea has to be treated as a criminal writ petition and it did not have the jurisdiction to deal with it. "This has to be treated as a criminal writ petition. So the petition be placed before the roster bench," it said and listed the matter before another bench for July 11.
A complaint was lodged against Daati Madan lal alias Daati Maharaj on June 7 and an FIR was registered on June 11. The police had on June 22 questioned the accused, who has been charged with raping a disciple in his ashrams in Delhi and Rajasthan.