‘This is absolute breakdown of rule of law’: Supreme Court slams UP Police for converting civil cases into criminal offences
The Supreme Court Monday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh Police for filing criminal charges in what it said was primarily a civil dispute for allegedly not returning Rs 25 lakh borrowed from a person.
The apex court was hearing an appeal challenging the Allahabad High Court decision dismissing the plea to quash FIR against petitioners Debu Singh and Deepak Singh facing charges of criminal breach of trust, criminal intimidation, and criminal conspiracy.
“This is wrong what is happening in UP. Every day in and day out, civil matters are being converted into criminal… This is an absolute breakdown of the rule of law,” Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna presiding over a three-judge bench said.
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The bench, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V...