While hearing a writ petition filed by Yashpal Singh, father of the deceased in an alleged fake encounter case of 2002, the apex court came down heavily on the state government for not arresting accused policemen despite court orders for the same.
Further, a bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose directed the state government to deposit Rs 7 lakh as compensation to the petitioner and also made some strong observations in its order dated Thursday, 30 September.
"The petitioner, who is the father of the deceased who was killed in alleged encounter by police, has been running from pillar to post from the last 19 years. Unfortunately, the manner in which the state has preceded, the petitioner has been compelled to file this writ petition under article 32 of the Constitution of India," an excerpt in the order read.