UP ENCOUNTER BREAKING: High Court Questions Repeated Leg Shots, Politics Erupts Over Police Action

‘Day in and day out… police fire one shot and an accused is hit on the knee or below’: Allahabad High Court

Court orders CBI probe into a May 2025 encounter in which a rape accused was shot in both legs, raises questions about the “haste” in prosecution, conviction.

UP ENCOUNTER BREAKING: High Court Questions Repeated Leg Shots, Politics Erupts Over Police Action

<p class="isSelectedEnd">Uttar Pradesh’s encounter model has come under renewed scrutiny after sharp observations from the Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow Bench. While police continue to report encounters in which wanted criminals are injured by gunshots to the legs, the court questioned how police bullets repeatedly end up striking suspects below the knee while officers remain unharmed. The court was hearing a case linked to an alleged “half enc…

HC orders CBI inquiry into ‘half-encounter’ in Shravasti

Allahabad HC Lucknow orders CBI probe into Shravasti alleged “half-encounter,” flags inconsistencies in FIR and questions SHO’s 15m night firing claim.