HARISH CHANDRA SINGH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) R. K. Dash, J. Heard Shri B. P. Srivastava, learned Counsel for the applicant and learned Additional Government Advocate representing the State.

(2.) FROM the tenor of submissions made at the bar I gather an impression that there are two sets of law prevailing in the State one for haves and influential and other for have-nots. One who has money power or status in the society, arms of law cannot apprehend him even if he has committed a heinous crime, but law enforcing agency without any time gap moves into action and arrests ordinary citizen involved in a petty offence. If this sort of unequal treatment is allowed to prevail and a white collar criminal gets protection, people will lose faith in justice delivery system and will not hesitate to take law into their own hands. At this juncture I am reminded of what Charles Dicknes once said, "law grinds the poor, the rich rides on them. "

(3.) THE other application No. 2324 of 1997 filed by the very same petitioner is being disposed of by this common judgment. In the said case a prayer has been made to comply with the order of the Government transferring the investigation to any other range of the CBCID and to stay the arrest of the petitioner pending investigation. This case came before a bench presided over by Hon'ble I. M. Quddusi, J. and His Lordship stayed the petitioner's arrest in the aforesaid case.