Umesh Pal Murder Case: Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Atiq Ahmad's Plea For Protection; Says State Machinery Will Protect Him

Awstika Das

28 March 2023 1:00 PM IST

  • Umesh Pal Murder Case: Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Atiq Ahmads Plea For Protection; Says State Machinery Will Protect Him

    "The State machinery will take care of you", the bench orally observed.

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined relief to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad who raised the apprehension that he would be gunned down by the Uttar Pradesh police in a fake encounter. The former Lok Sabha member is the prime accused in the sensational murder of Umesh Pal, a key witness to a Bahujan Samaj Party legislator’s murder in 2005. A division bench of Justices...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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