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The Allahabad Excessive Court docket was shocked to seek out that the FIR had been filed and statements recorded as if the deceased was nonetheless alive. (Getty)
Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery dismissed an FIR filed in 2014 within the Kushinagar land dispute case, allegedly filed by a person who died in 2011
In a weird flip of occasions, the Allahabad Excessive Court docket, listening to a land dispute case allegedly filed by a “ghost”, criticized the police for mishandling the case.
Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery dismissed an FIR filed in 2014 in a Kushinagar land dispute case, allegedly filed by a person who died in 2011.
In 2014, an FIR was lodged towards 5 individuals by one Shabd Prakash, though he had died three years in the past. Regardless of this, investigators continued to file statements and file chargesheets, permitting the case to proceed.
When the case got here to the excessive courtroom, Justice Shamsheri requested the Kushinagar Superintendent of Police (SP) elevating considerations over how the FIR was lodged by the deceased.
The accused Purushottam Singh, his brother and son challenged the police chargesheet. Their counsel, Advocate Rajesh Kumar Singh, submitted the report of the Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace of Kushnagar primarily based on the assertion of Prakash’s spouse and a duplicate of her demise certificates.
The courtroom was shocked to seek out that the FIR had been filed and statements recorded as if the deceased was nonetheless alive.
After inspecting the main points, the courtroom not solely quashed your complete proceedings towards the defendants but additionally directed the SP to pay attention to the details of the case.
The courtroom emphasised: “Ghosts create hassle for harmless individuals by submitting FIRs and making statements.” It additionally requested the SP to analyze the related investigators.
Other than this, the courtroom famous that in 2023, a lawyer filed a vakalatnama on behalf of Shabd Prakash’s spouse Mamta Devi however didn’t disclose the circumstances of Prakash’s demise earlier than submitting the FIR.
The courtroom due to this fact directed {that a} copy of the order be despatched to the Chairman of the Excessive Court docket Bar Affiliation to advise the attorneys involved to train warning in future.
