The HC bench condemned the SHO's conduct as it took into account both procedural violations and a glaring lack of sensitivity in handling the case of the 19-year-old Dalit girl.
The accused, Ramveer Singh, was dismissed from service in 2013 due to his criminal record and had been absconding since. Police said he hatched a plan to assume a new identity by staging his death.
According to the station House Officer of the police station concerned, a case was registered against the two named juveniles under BNS section 70-1 and 5/6 of the POCSO Act.
At the post-mortem house, the deceased's cousin, Nitin, alleged that Akhilesh was killed due to an old dispute. He claimed all the attackers were from the same village.
