Alleged false implication in theft case: Allahabad HC directs UP DGP to conduct probe in opposition to Rae Bareli SP
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad excessive courtroom has directed the director basic of police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, to conduct an investigation by a particular investigation staff (SIT) into the alleged wrongful arrest of an MBA scholar by the superintendent of police (SP), Raebareli. The arrest was allegedly made underneath the guise of a theft case by the SP by his subordinates.
Allahabad Excessive Courtroom (HT File)
The courtroom additional directed the DGP to represent an SIT with members senior to the implicated cops, together with Abhishek Agrawal, SP Rae Bareli, to research the incident completely. The courtroom requested a report from the SIT inside two months and scheduled the matter to be reviewed on July 3, 2024.
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UP DGP Prashant Kumar, nevertheless, stated he has directed the extra director basic (ADG) of legislation and order, Amitabh Yash, to type an SIT led by a senior IPS officer above the rank of SP, as directed by the excessive courtroom. He said that the related officers have been instructed to submit their findings inside two months.
The order was issued by a division bench consisting of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Narendra Kumar Johari in response to a petition filed by an aged lady, Gomati Mishra.
The petitioner introduced a critical allegation earlier than the courtroom, claiming that her son was arrested by the police on the intervening night time of March 30 and 31, 2024, as recorded on a CCTV digital camera on the petrol station the place the arrest occurred. Nonetheless, the arrest file reveals him being arrested a day later, in a theft case. She additional alleged that her son, who holds an MBA diploma and has no felony file, was falsely implicated within the theft case as a result of he refused to supply his taxi to Abhishek Agrawal, an IPS officer and the SP, Rae Bareli.
The courtroom famous that regardless of repeatedly granting time, the respondent cops had been unable to elucidate why they hadn’t investigated the alleged arrest on the intervening night time of March 30 and 31.
“In these circumstances, we discover it applicable to refer the matter to the director basic of police, U.P., Lucknow, who shall have an SIT constituted with members superior to the implicated cops, together with Abhishek Agarwal, IPS, superintendent of police, Rae Bareli, to research your complete incident. The report of the SIT needs to be submitted to this courtroom inside two months. Record this case on July 3, 2024, at 2:15 pm,” the courtroom ordered.
