Supreme Court Stays Allahabad High Court Bail Order In UP Lynching Case
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In 2018, Bulandshahr Station House Officer (SHO) Subodh Kumar Singh was attacked by a mob of some 400 people when he went to restore calm in the area after violence erupted over rumours of illegal cow slaughter.
The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court order that granted bail to those accused in a 2018 case of lynching a police officer in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr.
In 2018, Bulandshahr Station House Officer (SHO) Subodh Kumar Singh was attacked by a mob of some 400 people when he went to restore calm in the area after violence erupted over rumours of illegal cow slaughter.
The police said a man armed with an axe chopped off two of his fingers and hit the policemen on the head. Others shot him. His body was found inside his official police vehicle, abandoned in a field.
"The matter is quite serious where under the pretext of cow slaughter, a police officer has been lynched. Prima facie, it is a case of people taking law into their own hand. We are of the view that Yogesh Raj should be asked to surrender within a period of seven days from today and thus to that extent, the impugned orders granting him bail are stayed," read the Supreme Court order.
