UP mein chalta hoga, yahan nahi: Delhi HC slams UP police

Delhi: “UP Mein Chalta Hoga Yaha Nahin” remarked the Delhi High Court on Thursday as it slammed the Uttar Pradesh Police for arresting father and brother of a man who got married to a woman, against her family’s wishes.
The couple is a major. The arrests were made without informing the Delhi Police. “This will not be permitted here in Delhi. You cannot do illegal acts over here,” Justice Mukta Gupta said.
The protection plea was filed by the couple who stated that they were major and married each other out of their own free will on 1st July, 2021 contrary to the wishes of woman’s parents. They claimed that they were getting repeated threats from them and that the father and brother of the man were taken away by U.P. police for the last one and half months and their whereabouts were not known.
Noting that the woman was major and married out of her own will, Justice Gupta added “Somebody comes to you and you go to arrest people without confirming her age? Whether she is minor or a major?” The Court had issued notice to SHO PS Shamli, U.P. to be personally present along with case file.
During the course of hearing today, the Court said: “When you investigate, won’t you ask the complainant? I will get all the CCTV footages and if I find that if Shamli (UP) police came here in Delhi to arrest them, I’ll make sure a departmental enquiry is done against you. If you (SHO) and your IO don’t know how to read a case file then I don’t have any solution to it. You get information to arrest the family members of the man but don’t get information to investigate the matter!” The Court also pulled up the police for not verifying the age of the woman before making arrests in the matter. “Jaake Court ko bataiye, bail ke liye arzi karaaiye, mujhe footage chahiye. Agar gaadi number mila aur pata chala ki Delhi me entry hui hain UP Police ki toh I will take action. You will do no illegal acts over here,” the Court said.