The Allahabad High Court has directed the Superintendent of Police (SP), Bahraich, to investigate a case in which minors were allegedly booked for rioting and other serious offences, and to take appropriate action against erring police officials if the allegations are found to be true. A Bench of Justices Amitabh Kumar and Rajesh Singh Chauhan, in an order passed earlier this month, issued the directive while hearing a petition related to an FIR lodged at the Motipur police station in Bahraich district on September 7, 2025. The petitioners were booked under sections relating to rioting, criminal intimidation, insult intended to provoke breach of peace, and destruction of property, as well as provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The petitioners, belonging to a minority community, alleged that their 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter were also falsely implicated by the police. “The petitioners may not be unnecessarily harassed, if they respond to the notice being issued by the concerned Investigating Officer to cooperate in the investigation,” the court added.