No 'Honourable' Or 'Mr' Before Union Minister's Name In FIR? HC Seeks Response From UP Police

A Division Bench, comprising Justice JJ Munir and Justice Tarun Saxena, asked the State Home Secretary to provide an explanation on the missing honorific.

“The Additional Chief Secretary, (Home), Government of UP, Lucknow will explain on his affidavit why in the FIR the Hon’ble Union Minister, whose name figures, has not been described with the usual honorific of Hon’ble, and at one point, referred to just by his name without even appending a ‘Mr", the Court said.

“Even if in the written report, the Hon’ble Minister was inappropriately described by the first informant, while writing the check FIR, it was the duty of the Police to have abided by the protocol by inserting the honorific, may be in brackets".

What Is The Case?

According to Bar and Bench, the court was hearing a plea seeking quashing of the FIR alleging criminal intimidation and criminal breach of trust.

Police says the complainant was lured into an offer for job in exchange for Rs 80 lakh. However, the accused failed to return the amount and even threatened to kill him.

The Union Minister is not accused in the case, but is mentioned in the FIR. The next hearing is scheduled for April 6.