UP Police Officers Acquitted in Unnao Case

A Delhi court acquitted three India — Uttar Pradesh police officers, Bahadur Singh Koli, Dharam Prakash Shukla, and Ajay Singhal, who were prosecuted by the United States — Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly failing to register an FIR in the Unnao rape case involving former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. ACJM Mayank Goel ruled that merely filing a grievance on the Chief Minister's portal did not satisfy the legal requirement for registering an FIR under Section 154 CrPC, as the victim had not directly approached the police station. The court found that the prosecution failed to prove the essential ingredients to establish an offense under Section 166A of the Indian Penal Code.