'Disgusting' That No Progress Has Been Reported: Allahabad High Court Directs DGP To File Affidavit In Missing Person Case
The Allahabad High Court noted that despite an Order dated June 4, 2025, leading to the constitution of a police team on June 7, 2025, no progress was reported.
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, to file an affidavit after expressing disgust over no progress in a missing person case.
The Court noted that despite an Order dated June 4, 2025, leading to the constitution of a police team on June 7, 2025, no progress was reported when the case was taken up today, June 12, 2025.
A Division Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Harvir Singh remarked, “In the instant case, the brother of the petitioner has gone missing since 31.03.2025. When an order of this Court dated 04.06.2025 was passed, a police team was constituted on 07.06.2025.”
Advocate Shambhu Nath appeared for the Petitioner.
Brief Facts
In the Court’s Order dated June 4, 2025, a Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Anil Kumar-X held, “This is not the first case since morning where missing persons have not been traced out. We notice that the police are carving out a larger than life image for themselves shielding themselves from receiving and attending to public grievances. In this case, the petitioner's brother is missing since 31.03.2025 when he was reportedly abducted. The F.I.R. in this case was lodged on 03.04.2025. The police generally exhibit apathy in such matters because no personal responsibility is fixed upon the officers, in consequence of whose inaction an abduction turns into a murder. If, in consequence of an abductee not being traced out in good time, the victim is killed, the responsibility, prima facie, has to be fixed upon the head of the police under whose jurisdiction the report of abduction or kidnapping was made and later had fatal consequences because the victim was not recovered.”
Court’s Directions
The High Court stated, “Today, when the case was taken up absolutely no progress was brought to the notice of the Court. It is rather disgusting to note that after the team was constituted on 07.06.2025 till today no progress has been reported by the police.”
Consequently, the Court ordered, “ On that date the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh would after getting the acquainted with the facts of the case, file an affidavit.”
Accordingly, the High Court has put up the case for July 9, 2025 as fresh.
Cause Title: Nitesh Kumar Informant v. State Of U.P. & Ors. (Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 11694 of 2025)
