Accused persons losing lives not good for rule of law: SC on plea against Assam ‘fake encounters’
The bench said that it intended to form a commission to look into such deaths.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday verbally remarked that accused persons in Assam losing their lives in allegedly staged gunfights was “not good for the rule of law”, Live Law reported.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan made the remark while hearing a petition on deaths in allegedly fake gunfights in Assam.
The petitioner, Arif Jwaddar, claimed that over 80 such staged confrontations have taken place in the state since May 2021, when Bharatiya Janata Party leader Himanta Biswa Sarma became the chief minister. Jwaddar added that 28 people were killed and 48 were injured in “fake encounters” in this period.
On Tuesday, Additional Advocate General for Assam Nalin Kohli told the court that no police personnel accused of involvement in such gunfights had been promoted. However, Justice Bhuyan said in response: “It is not a good thing for rule of law that so many accused are just losing their lives like that.”
The court said that it intended to form a commission to look into such deaths, Guwahati Plus reported.
Jwaddar approached the Supreme Court after the Gauhati High Court rejected his public interest litigation seeking an inquiry into the matter.
In April, the Supreme Court suggested that the petitioner could place additional material on record to support his contentions, Live Law reported. He then presented affidavits of three persons who were allegedly injured in a staged...
