The Supreme Court noted lapses in the Uttar Pradesh Police's probe of the Muzaffarnagar school slapping incident.
In particular: The apex court on Monday, 25 September, questioned the UP Police about the delay in the registration of the First Information Report (FIR) and missing allegations of communal hatred in the registered FIR, according to a report by LiveLaw.
The matter was being heard by a bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal.
Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj appeared for the State of Uttar Pradesh.
Advocate Shadan Farasat appeared for the petitioner who is social activist Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
The delay: An FIR related to cognizable offences was not registered even though the student's father had filed a complaint, the Supreme Court noted. This was done only "after a long delay" on 6 September, as per the report.
Missing allegations: "In the first complaint by the father, he has alleged that teacher is making objectionable comments against a particular religion. In the so-called non-cognizable report, same allegations are there. In the FIR, these allegations are not there," Justice Oka said.
He also pointed out that the transcript of the video was missing in the FIR.