New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its dissatisfaction over Uttar Pradesh Police's explanation for not having acted on a prosecution witness's complaint that he had received a threat, on the ground that the said witness failed to appear before the police despite having been called by the Superintendent of Police (SP).

The said witness, Baljinder Singh, had claimed that he was being induced not to give his testimony in the matter, where the accused ex-Union Minister's son, Ashish Mishra, allegedly ran his SUV over a group of farmers who were protesting against the Centre's farm laws.

Following this, the top court had on March 24 permitted Baljinder Singh to approach the local police and file a complaint in this ...