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Court Plea Withdrawn: Driver's Fake Encounter Claim Fails
10 Jul
Summary
- Auto driver's plea alleging false implication and encounter arrest withdrawn.
- Hospital records and police footage failed to support the driver's claims.
- Court dismissed the petition, granting liberty to pursue other legal remedies.
A plea filed with the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, alleging that an auto-rickshaw driver was falsely implicated and subsequently shown arrested in a fake police encounter, has been withdrawn. The withdrawal came after hospital and police records failed to corroborate the petitioner's claims.
The petition, submitted by Savitri, contended that the driver had taken a woman to Jagrani Hospital after she allegedly jumped from his auto-rickshaw. It was further alleged that the police then took the driver into custody, fabricating criminal cases and presenting his arrest as the result of a sham encounter.
In response to the court's directive, the Jagrani Hospital director stated that CCTV footage is kept for only 15 days, and records from May 30 were unavailable. Crucially, the hospital confirmed that the woman mentioned in the plea had never been admitted, nor were there any treatment records.
The investigating officer informed the court that CCTV footage from the route leading to the hospital could not be obtained, as the flyover in question lacks surveillance cameras. The police stated they became aware of the incident only after an FIR was registered on May 31. Consequently, the division bench dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn.
