[Background] State files report in Lucknow District Court violence case: Allahabad High Court

Deputy Commissioner of Police, West Zone, Lucknow filed the report today before the Allahabad High Court in the Lucknow District Court violence case.

The matter is being heard before the division bench of Justice Shamim Ahmed and Justice Rakesh Srivastava. On the last date of hearing DCP had asked for a week's time to complete the investigation and submit a comprehensive report in terms of the order passed by the Court on November 17.

In his report, DCP has submitted that .........................

Earlier on November 17, the court had ordered an inquiry into the incident that took place on October 30. The court had said, "Court can't sit and watch the unprofessional and unruly behavior of the lawyers as a mute spectator."

Matter in Brief

A plea had been filed before Allahabad High court by advocates practicing at Lucknow seeking the appointment of a responsible administrative or judicial officer to conduct a thorough inquiry into the incident.

On October 30, adjacent to gate 6 of the old high court building (near Lucknow District Court complex) at about 4.40 pm 30 to 40 advocates surrounded the petitioners hurdling abusive language and badly assaulted them.

Backdrop of the ruckus was that the accused persons in the Ayodhya Prakaran were ordered to be enlarged on bail, however, one Satish Kumar Verma, claiming himself to be an advocate, had accosted the petitioners and asked them not to file bail bonds of the accused persons.

However, one Shailendra Kumar Misra verified the bail bonds as well as the sureties, and at about 4 pm the accused persons were released on bail.

Thereafter only the petitioners were attacked. A first information report (FIR) was also lodged with the Wazirganj police station pertaining to the matter.

In their plea before the High Court, the petitioners had alleged that it is not safe to perform lawful duties in the District Courts of Lucknow as violence with litigants, police personnel and lawyers has become the rule of the day.

Case title - Piyush Shrivastava (In Person) & Ors. v. State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. & Ors.