The Supreme Court on Monday has clarified -- while hearing a batch of pleas against police excess -- that the Delhi and other State governments are at liberty to withdraw or close FIRs registered against students who participated in the NEET protests at Jantar Mantar and other places across the country
The clarification of the apex court gives discretion to State governments to deal with the protest-related cases, while ensuring that serious offences are excluded from any amnesty.
Thus, the withdrawal will apply only to students not accused of grave crimes, as per the Centre’s submission before the Supreme Court.
