Captain Mangal Singh (Retd.) v. State of U.P. and 6 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition, Allahabad High Court, interim order; police harassment allegations; Punjab Police raiding petitioner's house at Barra-8, Kanpur Nagar with assistance of local police; detention and assault at P.S. Gujaini; petitioner retired Army Captain, father of convict Sandeep Tomar; conviction under Section 302 I.P.C., Crime No. 126 of 2013, P.S. City-I Abohar, District Fazilka, Punjab; life imprisonment; affirmed by Punjab and Haryana High Court; refusal to summon petitioner dated 21.11.2013; personal affidavits sought from Commissioner of Police, Kanpur Nagar and SHO, P.S. Gujaini; notice issued; listed 21.04.2026.
What did the court decide?
Interim order: notice issued; notice to respondent no. 7 dispensed with; the Commissioner of Police, Kanpur Nagar and the Station House Officer, P.S. Gujaini, District Kanpur Nagar directed to explain by their own affidavits the circumstances of the raids on the petitioner's house and his detention and assault at P.S. Gujaini; matter listed on 21.04.2026 to be taken up as the first case; order to be communicated to both officers through the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kanpur Nagar by the Registrar (Compliance) by Monday.