Concerned over attacks on cops: Allahabad high court

PRAYAGRAJ: Expressing concern over increasing cases of mob attacks on police, the Allahabad high court has declined to quash a chargesheet against two persons who were part of a mob which had attacked policemen.
While dismissing a petition filed by Shahabuddin and another of Bijnor district, Justice JJ Munir observed, “It appears from a perusal of the police papers that it is a case which shows a new-found behaviour amongst citizens of disobeying the law.
Prima facie, the act of the applicants and all those who were part of this mob, constitutes an offence that strikes at the roots of established order in society.”
The petitioners’ plea was that he was falsely implicated in the case as he refused to bribe police during vehicle checking.
On the other hand, the counsel for the state government contended that it is a case of rioting and obstructing the police in the discharge of their duties.
“Further, there is absolutely no abuse of process of the court involved in the matter,” observed the court while refusing to quash the chargesheet filed against the petitioners in the case.