'Person holding a constitutional post should be more law abiding'

LUCKNOW: Expressing serious concern on the conduct of the Lucknow Police in protecting Samajwadi Party MLA Ravidas Mehrotra, chief judicial magistrate Rajesh Upadhyay on Friday said that nobody is above law and a person holding constitutional post should be more law abiding. The judge directed the station house officer of Kaiserbagh police station to ensure attachment of Mehrotra's property, as he has been evading the court since 2003.
The court had earlier declared Mehrotra a proclaimed offender and also directed the police on October 5, 2012 to attach his property.
On Friday SHO Kaiserbagh, forwarded a report to the court that the police could not get time to comply with the court's order and that the case belongs to Hazratganj police station, the court should fix next date directing Hazratganj police for compliance of the said order.
"The case is very old. No body is above law, may it be a ruling party MLA. In fact, a person holding constitutional post should be more law abiding," said the court fixing December 10 as next date of hearing. Mehrotra is facing trial in connection with a FIR registered at Hazratganj police station on January 4, 1989 for committing unintentional murder of a nagar nigam employee, Ejaz Ali Khan. The SP MLA has not been appearing in the court since 2003, despite issuance of repeated non-bailable warrant and being declared a proclaimed offender.
Even the order for attaching property is being openly flouted by the Lucknow Police.