SC pulls up UP police for delay in murder case

New Delhi, Dec 9: The Supreme Court today took exception to the conduct of the Uttar Pradesh police in ''deliberately'' delaying a murder case in which an independent MLA Akhilesh Pratap Singh is the main accused.

A bench comprising Justices K G Balakrishnan and D K Jain directed the state Home Secretary as well as the Director General of UP police to appear before the court personally on January 5, next year, to explain the circumstances due to which the co-accussed Rakesh Kumar is not being produced in the court for framing of charges.

Accused MLA has come to the Supreme Court seeking bail in the murder case.

Akhilesh in involved in about 30 criminal cases.

The charges in the case are not being framed for long due to non-production of the co-accused.

The UP police has been saying that it does not have sufficient force to make security arrangements for the accused.

UNI