Supreme Court cancels badminton player Lakshya Sen’s FIR

The Supreme Court has canceled the FIR lodged against badminton player Lakshya Sen, his family and coach. The case was allegedly related to forgery in the birth certificate, claiming that Lakshya Sen was given the benefit of playing at the junior level by showing low age.

A bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Arvind Kumar, while giving the verdict, said that it is the misuse of the judicial process to advance criminal proceedings in this case. The bench commented that the matter does not fall under the category of criminal intention or fraud based on the facts on the record.

What was the matter?

Lakshya Sen and his family were accused of manipulating the birth certificate and showing their age less, which gave him the benefit of playing in junior badminton tournaments. On this basis, the Uttarakhand Police had registered an FIR, which included the name of Lakshya’s father, brother and his coach. According to the allegations, it was done to promote the career of the alleged manipulation target, which is against the fairness of sports policy and competition.

What did the Supreme Court say?
During the hearing, the Supreme Court said that there is no prima facie evidence in this case to prove that any forgery has been done under any criminal intention. The court said, criminal justice system cannot be used in such cases. This whole matter is like misuse of the judicial system. With this, the court completely canceled the FIR and gave a clean chit to all the accused.