SC orders action against Mau SPs from 2023 over 'casual approach' in criminal case trial
The Supreme Court has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to take disciplinary action against superintendents of police in Mau district for their "casual approach" during a criminal trial. This comes after a bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R Mahadevan expressed shock at the prosecution's failure to produce witnesses over a three-year period in a case filed in 2017.
Despite charges being framed against six accused in March 2023, only two out of 54 prosecution witnesses have been examined. The court noted that the investigating agency is responsible for producing witnesses, and the slackness in this duty was alarming. The bench directed the Uttar Pradesh government to initiate departmental proceedings against the superintendents of police who served from 2023 in Mau district within two weeks.
They also hinted that if the charges against the superintendents are deemed merely formal, action could be taken against the authority issuing the charges.
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