The Bihar government has told the Supreme Court that the use of AK-47 rifle to disperse the student protestors in Siwan did not result in any injury even as it admitted that a weapon of this type is not to be used in law and order situations.
Denying that the shots fired from AK-47 resulted in injuries, the state told the court, “The injuries to protesters were neither caused by AK-47, nor the persons were located at the place where the constable fired from AK-47. The top court had on August 3 directed preservation of CCTV footage and withdrawal of cases against minors and those who had no criminal antecedents.
In an affidavit filed last week in the batch of petitions filed by students who suffered injuries on account of police brutalities in Delhi and other parts of the country following the Cockroach Janata Party’s protests over NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, the state government told the top court that shots were fired from AK-47 after the constable in question got “trapped” in the crowd.
