PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 3 -- The Allahabad high court recently revived a 37-year-old issue involving a former superintendent of police (SP) who allegedly threatened to 'drag' a sitting sessions judge to police station during the trial of a murder case.

The bench comprising Justice JJ Munir and Justice Sanjiv Kumar took note of the fact while hearing a criminal appeal filed by one Brindawan and others convicted in 1988 in a murder case. The court said the conduct of the then SP could not be ignored even after decades as it sought a personal affidavit from the director general of police, Uttar Pradesh, on the present status of the former Lalitpur SP and the details of action taken against him.

The court also took note of the remarks recorded by t...