Allahabad HC asks UP DGP to remove banners naming criminals
By IANS| Published: 31st January 2021 3:09 pm IST
The court said that it is a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution.
The banners, along with the names and identities of the criminals, also give information about their criminal history.
Article 21
The court said it believes that it is unnecessary to publicly display information about criminals outside the police stations and is in violation of Article 21.
The court has also directed the DGP to issue circulars to all police stations in the state for this.
This order was given by a division bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agrawal while hearing the petitions of Zeeshan, Balveer Singh Yadav and Dudhanath Singh on Saturday.
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Friday held that the practice of putting up names of accused on flysheet boards at police stations without issuing a proclamation is derogatory and against the concept of human dignity and privacy enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution.
Police role in disclosing the identity of criminals at police stations in public gaze is unwarranted and violates Article 21 (protection of life and personal liberty), the court further said. The court directed the director general of police (DGP) to remove names and identities of top-10 criminals, along with their criminal antecedents, from flysheet boards at police stations and ensure compliance by police heads of districts.
Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court on Friday held that the practice of putting names of the accused persons on the flysheet board at police stations without issuance of proclamation is derogatory to the concept of human dignity and privacy enshrined under Article 21 (protection of life and personal liberty) of the Constitution.
Further, the action of police officers in disclosing the identity of criminals in police stations in public gaze is absolutely unwarranted and uncalled for as being violative of Article 21 of the Constitution.
Hence, the court directed the director general of police (DGP) to forthwith remove the names/identities of top- 10 criminals along with their criminal antecedents from the flysheet board from all the police stations. In addition, the court also directed the DGP to ensure that a circular in the light of this judgment is sent to all the police heads of the districts so as to ensure strict compliance. However, the court clarified that the benefit of th