Prayagraj (UP), April 11 The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking to quash a First Information Report (FIR) related to a planned acid attack over a property dispute.
Dismissing the petition, a division bench comprising Justice JJ Munir and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi expressed their extreme displeasure with the state police department over not forwarding the injury reports in time before the matter was taken up by the high court.
The court stated that it cannot go on summoning inspectors and superintendents of police from different districts merely to ensure the timely supply of injury reports.
In an order passed on April 7, the high court made it clear that if remedial action is not taken immediately, it would be compelled to summon the Director General of Police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, or the Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Government of Uttar Pradesh.
The order was passed in connection with a criminal writ petition filed by one Arun Shukla seeking to quash an FIR registered in Prayagraj on December 6, 2025.
The court perused the FIR and found that the allegations pertained to a "barbaric scheme" to carry out an acid attack.
According to the FIR, petitioner Arun Shukla and two others were accused of being behind the act. The prosecution alleged that the attack was planned solely because of a property dispute.
Noting the extreme gravity of using acid as a weapon of offence, the court ruled that the matter requires a thorough investigation and refused to entertain the petition.