After UP Police Fail, Court Asks Union of India Whether Central Agencies Can Trace ‘Fugitive’ Linked to 1984 Appeal: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday, December 18, 2025, expressed concern over the Uttar Pradesh Police’s inability to apprehend a fugitive in a decades-old criminal case. A Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Sanjiv Kumar directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to explore whether Central Agencies could be tasked with locating and apprehending the convict, Maulana Khursheed Jamal Qadri, referred to by the Court as "definitely a…