Cite guidelines for withdrawing cases against SP men: HC to govt

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday asked the state government to apprise it about the guidelines it was likely to follow in its proposed attempt to withdraw criminal cases registered against the workers of the Samajwadi Party (SP) during the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) regime.

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday asked the state government to apprise it about the guidelines it was likely to follow in its proposed attempt to withdraw criminal cases registered against the workers of the Samajwadi Party (SP) during the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) regime.

The court passed the order while hearing a PIL,based on media reports,seeking directions to restrain the state government from taking any such steps. The court has fixed October 10 as the next date of hearing in the matter.

Hearing the PIL filed by an advocate,Satya Prakash Rai,a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Amitava Lala and Justice P K S Baghel directed the state government to file a detailed affidavit on the matter in the next hearing.

Sanjeev Singh,counsel for the petitioner,said: Our main contention is that it would be unconstitutional and violative of Section 321 (which says that the public prosecutor can initiate withdrawal of prosecution process as per prescribed norms) of the Criminal Procedure Code if the state government is planning to pass any directions regarding withdrawal of criminal cases registered against SP workers during the BSP regime. Our main prayer is that the state government be restrained from passing any direction in this regard.

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