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Supreme Court Slams UP Police Over Unknown Suspect FIR
The Supreme Court examined a molestation case from Bulandshahr district.
The woman who brought the case said the suspected person was caught at the scene.
She said the police still registered the complaint against an unknown motorcycle rider.
She also alleged that the suspect’s name was added later without a proper investigation.
The police were further accused of giving the suspect a clean chit.
The judges questioned why the police handled the case this way.
They said such actions could make people lose trust in the police.
The court ordered the station house officer to explain what happened at the next hearing.
The Supreme Court criticised Uttar Pradesh Police for registering a molestation FIR against an unknown person despite the suspect allegedly being apprehended at the scene.
The bench questioned why the suspect’s name was initially omitted and later added to the FIR.
The petitioner alleged police bias, a subsequent clean chit for the accused, and irregularities involving the motorcycle and complaint time.
Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva described the police affidavit as “completely uninspiring.”
The court ordered the station house officer to appear with a fresh affidavit explaining the investigation and FIR omissions.
- Who
- The Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva, the petitioner, and Uttar Pradesh Police officials.
- What
- The court criticised the handling of a molestation FIR that initially named an unknown person despite the alleged suspect being apprehended at the spot.
- Where
- The Supreme Court heard the plea concerning a case from Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- The matter was heard on Wednesday; the next hearing will require the station house officer to appear.
- Why
- The court sought an explanation for omitting the suspect’s name, later adding it, and providing what it called an inadequate police affidavit.
Key facts
- Case type
- Molestation case
- District
- Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
- Initial FIR description
- Unknown motorcycle rider
- Court bench
- Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva
- Police officer ordered to appear
- The station house officer
- Court’s assessment of affidavit
- “Completely uninspiring”
- Further submission required
- A fresh affidavit explaining the suspect’s omitted and later-added name
Quotes
Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva
The Supreme Court bench hearing the petition concerning the investigation by Uttar Pradesh Police.
“We find the affidavit filed by UP police to be completely uninspiring. The officer to be present in court in the next hearing with a better affidavit explaining as to why the FIR was registered against an unknown motorcycle rider when it is an admitted fact that the said motorcycle rider was apprehended at the spot,”
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“Why did you register an FIR against an unknown motorcycle rider if he was caught on the spot? How will people trust the police?”
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