New Delhi, June 4 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim protection from arrest to two Madhya Pradesh-based journalists who alleged custodial violence, caste-based abuse and threats to life from the Bhind police, including Superintendent of Police (SP) Asit Yadav.
A bench, comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma, was hearing the writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by journalists Shashikant Jatav and Amarkant Singh Chouhan, seeking urgent protection from coercive action.
The Court declined to pass any interim order, stating that unless the exact nature of the criminal allegations made by the police was known, it could not grant such relief.