SC Unhappy With UP Police Over Witness Complaint Inaction

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its dissatisfaction over Uttar Pradesh Police's explanation for not having acted on a prosecution witness's complaint that he had received a threat, on the ground that the said witness failed to appear before the police despite having been called by the Superintendent of Police (SP).

- TDG NETWORK

The said witness, Baljinder Singh, had claimed that he was being induced not to give his testimony in the matter, where the accused ex-Union Minister's son, Ashish Mishra, allegedly ran his SUV over a group of farmers who were protesting against the Centre's farm laws.

Following this, the top court had on March 24 permitted Baljinder Singh to approach the local police and file a complaint in this regard.

Today, the UP government informed a bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh that the witness has not appeared before the police and refused to disclose his identity despite the SP having called him to do so.