"Crossed Limits": High Court To Assam Lower Court Over Police Criticism
NDTV
The Barpeta court had pulled up the state police for lodging a "false FIR" against Jignesh Mevani.
The Gauhati High Court on Monday said the observations made by a Barpeta court in its order granting bail to Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani for allegedly assaulting a woman police officer ''crossed its limits" and "demoralised" the police force and the government of Assam.
Justice Debashis Barua, hearing a petition filed by the Assam government challenging the observations made by Barpeta District and Sessions Judge Aparesh Chakraborty, however, did not pass any opinion on the grant of bail to Mr Mevani, a Dalit leader and an Independent legislator supported by the Congress.
The Barpeta court had pulled up the state police for lodging a "false FIR" against Mr Mevani and requested the high court to consider directing the Assam Police to "prevent registration of false FIR like the present case and the police personnel firing and killing or injuring accused which has become a routine phenomenon in the state".
The observations are beyond the jurisdiction of the lower court, Justice Barua said.
