5 cops booked for intimidation in UP after court order
A case has been registered against five police personnel, including two sub-inspectors, posted at Ballia district's Bairia police station on charges of criminal intimidation and intentional insult, following a court order, officials said on Sunday.
They said the case was registered on Saturday based on a complaint filed by Mahesh Kumar Ojha, a resident of Tiwari-ka-Milki village under Bairia police station area.
Ojha said he had lodged a complaint on the IGRS portal regarding the illegal encroachment of a piece of land in the village. Sub-Inspector Pradeep Kumar investigated the matter and filed a report on October 29, 2025, attaching Ojha's photograph without actually contacting him, he claimed.
According to the complaint, when Ojha visited the police station on November 3 last year to complain about the "fabricated" report, the accused police personnel allegedly verbally abused him and threatened to ruin his life by implicating him in a criminal case if he lodged such complaints in the future.
SHO Rajendra Prasad Singh said Ojha had filed a petition in the court, and an FIR was filed on May 24 after an order of the Ballia chief judicial magistrate under Section 175(4) of the BNSS.
In compliance with this order, a case was registered on Saturday against Sub-Inspectors Prabhakar Shukla and Pradeep Kumar, Head Constable Jai Kishun Pal, Constable Dharmendra and Home Guard Ripunjay under Sections 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 351(3) (criminal intimidation) of the BNS, the SHO said, adding that the matter is being investigated.
