The Supreme Court in a strongly worded judgment pulled up the State and Police authorities of Madhya Pradesh for attempting to shield the husband of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA accused of murdering congress leader Devendra Chourasia. .The Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hrishikesh Roy took strong objection to the fact that Police officials tried to pressurise the trial court judge, and shield the accused Govind Singh."Singh's spouse was an MLA and that is why security was granted to Singh. Effort has been made to shield the accused from the process of criminal justice system," the Court noted. The verdict came on a plea by Devendra Chourasia's son, Somesh Chourasia.Regarding the allegation the trial judge was being pressured by the BSP MLA, the Court said that such attitude towards the judiciary has to change. "Independence of judiciary is the independence of each and every judge, so that they are independent of their superiors also. Colonial mindset meted out to district judiciary has to change," the Court observed.The Court, therefore, cancelled the bail of the accused noting that there has been an abject failure of the police to complete the investigation into the murder..The Court also did not approve the Madhya Pradesh High Court's refusal to interfere with the bail granted to the accused."It was a clear case for cancellation of bail but the High Court have 90 days time to complete the probe," the top court said. .Read more here..[Read judgment]
