Prayagraj: Taking a serious note of the disclosure that an absconding life convict is operating social media, the Allahabad high court has directed the principal secretary, department of home affairs, Uttar Pradesh to file an affidavit stating complete details relating to the efforts made by the state to ensure arrest of the convicted absconder.
Hearing a PIL filed by one Abhishek Som, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddhartha Varma directed to list the PIL on by the next date of hearing, i.e., November 23.
In the PIL, the petitioner alleged that one Badan Singh Baddo, said to be convicted for life term imprisonment, absconded from custody on March 28, 2019, but no efforts have been made to arrest him.
The petitioner also placed before the court certain documents to substantiate the fact that the convict is regularly operating his social media pages including a Facebook account. It was also stated that the absconder is having political connections and only because of that no action is being taken against him. However, the state counsel stated that a Special Task Force (STF) has already been constituted to arrest the absconding convict Baddo.
The court passed this order on November 2.