Encounter cops’ list asked for

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad: The AP Civil Liberties Committee on Tuesday submitted before the AP High Court that the State government cannot withhold information on police personnel who take part in encounters.
A larger bench comprising Justice G. Raghuram, Justice V.V.S. Rao, Justice R. Subhash Reddy, Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice G. Bhavani Prasad is hearing the case. Senior counsel Bojja Tarakam, arguing for APCLC, said the state government cannot claim any privilege under Section 123 of Evidence Act and the police cannot use section 8 (G) of the Right to Information Act to withhold the names of its personnel. The government knew the names of the officers and not providing them amounted to suppression of evidence, he said.