Yuvraj Singh Manchanda (L); Anya Vats (R)
NEW DELHI: In a major development in the death of 31-year-old real estate professional Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, his sister, who is also the complainant/informant in the Delhi FIR, moved the Saket court seeking preservation and production of complete records relating to the recovery, identification and cremation of an unidentified body in Badshahpur, Gurgaon, which was later identified as that of Yuvraj. Acting on the application filed under Section 94 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), the Saket court directed the commissioner of police, Gurgaon, to preserve and produce the complete police, forensic, medical, digital and electronic records concerning the unidentified body. The application was moved by Manchanda’s sister in connection with an FIR registered at Lajpat Nagar Police Station. It sought urgent directions for production and preservation of records, articles, electronic/digital material and other material stated to be in the custody or possession of police officials of PS Badshahpur, Gurgaon. After hearing the submissions, the court directed production of the entire trail relating to the unidentified body, including police diary entries, recovery and inquest records, post-mortem and forensic material, DNA records, photographs and videos, digital evidence, ZIPNET records, cremation documents and records of belongings recovered from the body. The order records that Yuvraj’s sister had initially lodged the missing-person FIR and that Gurgaon Police subsequently recovered an unidentified body from the jurisdiction of Badshahpur Police Station, which was later identified as the body of Yuvraj Singh Manchanda.
The court directed that the records be produced before the concerned court on September 22, 2026, at 12.30pm, and thereafter handed over to the Investigating Officer of the Delhi FIR for further investigation.