SC orders voice sample test of UP DIG over 'abusive' audio

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a voice sample test on an Uttar Pradesh deputy inspector general (DIG) to determine if he used derogatory language against Muslims.

- Utkarsh Anand

SC has ordered the report to be submitted in a sealed cover by January 31.

Simultaneously, the court quashed the prosecution of a Muslim man, who was implicated in a criminal case after attempting to file a complaint against the senior officer.A bench of justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and K Vinod Chandran termed the initiation of criminal proceedings against Islamuddin Ansari a patent "abuse of authority" and quashed the case in its entirety, while criticising the police for misusing the criminal process to target a citizen who had merely sought to question an officer about the authenticity of an audio clip.