2021 hate crime case: Why is investigating officer playing hide and seek with court, Supreme Court asks UP

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The Supreme Court criticized Uttar Pradesh Police for failing to add hate crime provisions under Section 153B of the Indian Penal Code in an FIR related to the alleged 2021 assault on Muslim cleric Kazeem Ahmad Sherwani in Noida. The court, noting the investigating officer's non-compliance with previous directions, ordered the police to add necessary provisions immediately.

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