HC calls out ‘ghost’ FIR filed in UP 3 years after complainant’s loss of life | Allahabad Information

PRAYAGRAJ: Fools rush in the place angels concern to tread. “Ghosts” appear to prowl Uttar Pradesh police recordsdata when the complainant was useless three years earlier than FIR submitting, the Allahabad HC noticed in a single such weird matter.
The paranormal parable didn’t finish there within the dishonest case filed with Kushinagar police. The investigating officer was proven duly “recording” assertion of the useless man and even submitting a chargesheet towards the accused.Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery was left extra baffled when the recordsdata confirmed the complainant had even signed the vakalatnama (affidavit) “on Dec 19, 2023” when he had died in 2011. The FIR was lodged in 2014.
“It seems that all of the proceedings are undertaken by a ghost,” Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery stated, unable to take the surreal saga anymore throughout a listening to on Aug 6. The HC quashed the proceedings and ordered Kushinagar SP to probe the IO’s conduct within the case.
“It’s unusual {that a} useless individual has not solely lodged an FIR however has recorded his assertion earlier than the IO and, thereafter, a vakalatnama has additionally been filed on his behalf,” Justice Shamshery stated.
The FIR was filed at Kotwali Hata police station of Kushinagar. Shabd Prakash, the complainant talked about, had died on Dec 19, 2011. This was corroborated by his official information, together with the loss of life certificates, and testimony of his spouse.