Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court dismissed the petition filed by family members of Hathras alleged rape and murder victim alleging illegal confinement at their house by the district administration.
A division bench comprising Justice Prakash Padia and Justice Pritinker Diwaker said, “In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, judicial propriety demands that it will not be proper for this court to entertain the present petition on merits, especially when security has been provided to petitioners 1 to 6 and other family members of the deceased victim-girl on the observation made by the apex court.”
Similar directions had already been issued by the Lucknow Bench of the HC in a suo motu petition on 1 October, the court added.
The family of the victim had filed a petition alleging that the district administration had illegally confined them in their house and they were barred from moving freely.
