Mumbai, Apr 18 (Reporter) Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra director general of police (DGP) to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Investigating Officers to give evidence through video conferencing to ensure maintenance of decorum in the court, a lawyer said here on Friday. A bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Neela K Gokhale gave direction during the hearing of a plea field by Bramhanand Naikwadi, Senior Police Inspector, attached with the Nerul Police station since July 2024, challenging the January 22 letter of the Beed trial court highlighting improper conduct of a senior police officer attached to Nerul Police station in Navi Mumbai while giving evidence through virtual mode. The bench upheld the letter of a trial court and held that petitioner’s conduct was “sure to cause some obstruction in the administration of justice and affect the proceedings in the trial.” Dismissing the plea, the bench said there was “no infirmity or illegality” in the trial court’s letter. The officer claimed he could not depose physically as he was stressed after supervision duty for the Coldplay concert in January this year...////...