The Allahabad High Court has sought reports from senior officers of the Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan police after conflicting accounts emerged over the arrest of a theft accused from Jaipur and his subsequent injury in an alleged police encounter in Firozabad.
A bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot and Justice Divesh Kumar Samant passed the order while hearing a writ petition filed by Riya Gautam, wife of the accused, Awdhesh. The court directed the additional director general of police, Agra Zone, to file his personal affidavit regarding the encounter. It also directed the commissioner of police, Jaipur, to submit a report on the incident. The Rajasthan Police subsequently conducted an inquiry into the complaint. A communication issued by the assistant commissioner of police, Jaipur, stated that Awdhesh was wanted in a theft case registered at a police station in Firozabad. The Rajasthan Police report further stated that Awdhesh was subsequently sent to judicial custody in Firozabad and that Jaipur police personnel had accompanied the UP police team to provide assistance. The court also directed that a copy of its order be communicated to the Jaipur commissioner of police through the Registrar General of the Rajasthan High Court.
His wife had complained to the Rajasthan Police that on December 5, 2025, around 10 pm, police personnel reached the company premises and took her husband away without informing the family where he was being taken.
Awdhesh was working at a company in Jaipur, according to the petition.
The petitioner’s counsel alleged before the high court that Awdhesh had been injured in a fake encounter allegedly carried out by police authorities to burnish their credentials.
