SC flays UP Police for 'slipshod probe' in murder case, orders reparation
The Supreme Court of India has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to pay 6 lakh rupees in compensation to a man wrongly imprisoned for six years. The court criticized the state police for a 'slipshod' investigation that led to a miscarriage of justice.
Why it matters
This ruling highlights systemic failures in criminal investigations and reinforces the judiciary's role in protecting individual liberty against state negligence.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 6 lakh in reparation to a man who spent six years in jail as an undertrial in a murder case before being acquitted. The apex court said that the years lost to a faulty investigation were a travesty of justice.Slamming the state police for a “slipshod investigation” and the prosecution for its haphazard handling of the case, a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran called the man a “victim of the system”.
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