Ludhiana, March 29 -- A local court on Friday rejected a report in which the police declared one of the accused in a theft case "innocent" and ordered the cops to lodge an FIR against a lawyer, who was declared a proclaimed offender by the court in 2022. The court in the orders mentioned that as per well entrenched law, a magistrate cannot turn a blind eye to the shoddy investigation conducted by the police and certainly has got ample powers to monitor the investigation and ensure that the same is carried out fairly, impartially and in a proper way.

Following the court order the Division Number 5 police lodged an FIR under Section 174 A (non-appearance in response to a proclamation) of IPC against a lawyer Hardyal Inder Singh Grewal, who...