UP can't withdraw terror cases without Centre's permission: HC

December 12, 2013 12:00

In a major setback for the Samajwadi Party government of Akhilesh Yadav, the Allahabad High Court has rapped it saying it cannot withdraw terror cases without the consent of the Centre.

The high court order came after the state government withdrew terror cases against 19 Muslims who were accused in terror cases.

According to the Lucknow bench of the High Court, Centre's permission was needed as the accused were booked under Central acts. So the Uttar Pradesh government cannot withdraw the cases, the court ruled.

The Uttar Pradesh government had announced that it would withdraw cases against the accused in the 2007 serial blasts in Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad.

While recommending the withdrawal cases, the state government had claimed that those accused in the cases had been jailed for a long time and investigators had failed to file chargesheets.

The high nourt had earlier questioned the legality of the decision taken by the state government.

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