Missing BHU Student Case: 'No Evidence Against SHO, 2 SI & 2 Constables; 3 Others To Be Chargesheeted U/s 166 IPC': UP Govt Tells High Court

The Court was also informed that sufficient evidence had been found against Constables SK Singh and VK Yadav as well as Home Guard Santosh Kumar for committing an offence under Section 166 IPC and a sanction has also been granted by the Government to file a chargesheet against them.

The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Vikas Budhwar in a 2020 Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning a missing student from Varanasi, who allegedly disappeared from Police custody in February 2020.

In August 2020, the Allahabad High Court took cognisance of the matter after a letter petition was filed by Advocate Saurabh Tiwari, an alumnus of the Banaras Hindu University over the disappearance of the student concerned. In November of that year, the High Court transferred the investigation to the CB-CID.

Further, in April 2022, the CB-CID found in its probe that a body cremated by local cops in 2020 was that of the 24-year-old Banaras Hindu University student. This submission confirmed that the missing student was no longer alive.

Taking the counter affidavit filed by the UP Government in the matter on record, the Court granted time to Advocate Saurabh Tiwari to file his rejoinder in the matter by April 22.

As per the facts averred in the letter petition, Trivedi was picked up by certain police personnel from the M.P. Theatre ground, BHU on February 12 and was taken to the Police Station Lanka, District Varanasi. His father made several complaints to senior police officials of Varansai, registered IGRS complaints, etc. but in vain.