BIJNOR: After Allahabad HC pulled up Amroha district Justice of the Peace, Rajesh Kumar Tyagi, for displaying “sheer negligence amid procedural lapses” whereas giving his approval for slapping the stringent Gangster Act towards three native residents final month, the state authorities, admitting lapses had been dedicated, transferred the official.
The three males, Asif, Anas and Chahat (solely first names accessible), have been charged underneath the Act at Didauli police station in Amroha, following which Asif had moved HC.
Through the listening to, the court docket sought a response from the state authorities as among the accused had filed three separate petitions in search of the quashing of two FIRs and a “gangster chart” registered towards them by the native police and administration.
Notably, “gangster chart” is a report which police together with administration put together by naming an individual or individuals because the chief or member of a gang earlier than charging them underneath the Act. On September 24, after analyzing the matter, HC division bench of justices Vivek Kumar Birla and Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal granted the three accused bail.
The court docket additionally ordered the quashing of the FIRs towards them underneath the Act. The bench noticed that the district Justice of the Peace had accepted motion towards the three people, underneath part 3 (1) of the UP Gangsters and Anti-Social Actions (Prevention) Act, 1986, with out following the due course of. Terming it “sheer negligence” on his half, HC additional acknowledged that it has come throughout a number of circumstances from this explicit district the place the DM and SP didn’t correctly put together the gangster chart in accordance with laid down guidelines.
