India News | Allahabad HC Expresses Dissatisfaction with Preliminary Report on Hapur Lathi-charge Case
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Allahabad High Court on Monday expressed its dissatisfaction with the preliminary report submitted by state authorities in connection with the alleged police lathi-charge on advocates in Hapur last month.
Prayagraj, Sep 18 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Monday expressed its dissatisfaction with the preliminary report submitted by state authorities in connection with the alleged police lathi-charge on advocates in Hapur last month.
During a hearing on the matter on Monday, the bench comprising Chief Justice Pritinkar Diwakar and Justice M C Tripathi said state authorities should file another report before the next hearing in the matter on October 12.
Also Read | Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023: BJP Chalks Out 'ABCD' Formula Based on Winnability in Respective Seats.
The court said that statements of lawyers under Section 161 CrPC have to be recorded.
Senior advocate Anil Tiwari, the counsel from the lawyers side, submitted before the court that investigation is not being conducted fairly and statements of lawyers are not being recorded.
Tiwari added that lawyer Priyanka Tyagi's complaint has been registered but no FIR has been registered.
The court said all things will be considered and that there will be no injustice. The court fixed the next hearing on the matter till October 12, saying state authorities should submit another report on the matter by that time.
The police had lathi-charged lawyers on August 29 at Hapur court when lawyers were protesting the registration of a case against a woman advocate and her father around a week ago. The case was filed following a confrontation between the woman lawyer and police when she was going to Ghaziabad in her car.
Later, lawyers across the state abstained from judicial work on a call given by the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)