SC urged to take cognisance of alleged murder of Additional District Judge in Jharkhand
The Hindu
Uttam Anand was hit by a vehicle from behind while he was out for his morning jog at Dhanbad.
The Supreme Court Bar Association, through its president and senior advocate Vikas Singh, on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the alleged murder of Additional District Judge Uttam Anand at Dhanbad in Jharkhand while he was out for his morning jog. Making an urgent oral mention before a Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah, Mr. Singh said the crime was an attack on the institution of judiciary and its independence. The CCTV footage, Mr. Singh said, shows a vehicle suddenly swerving off the road and slamming into the Additional District Judge from behind on a lonely stretch of road early on July 28 morning. He was found bleeding on the road and taken to the hospital where he was left unidentified for hours. The police finally traced the body after the family gave a missing person's complaint. His family, who initially thought the cause of death to be a hit-and-run accident, filed a complaint for murder after viewing the CCTV footage. Mr. Singh said the footage was evidence and should be taken on record.More Related News