UP panchayat polls

The Court ordered that till the next date of hearing Shiv Prasad and Ramdhari in the case, will be released forthwith by the Station House Officer of the police station concerned, on their furnishing personal bond of Rs 50,000 with few conditions.

The intervenor stated that panchayat elections were held between April 15 and 29, when the surge in Covid-19 cases were happening, and its results were declared on May 2. Thousands of UP government employees and teachers were assigned election duty.

The Court directed the State Election Commission to “produce before us the CCTV footage of the designated counting areas and centres both in the form the footage print and also Pen Drive by the next date fixed