Overview
- The Allahabad High Court, which issued the directive on March 31, asked the UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home) to explain why the FIR left out 'Hon'ble' and 'Mr' before the Union minister's name, saying police should have inserted the honorific as protocol.
- The court told its Registrar to send the order to the state Home Department and the Mathura Senior Superintendent of Police within 48 hours and set April 6 as the next hearing.
- The Mathura FIR, filed in December 2025, names BJP MP Anurag Thakur while accusing petitioner Harshit Sharma of taking about Rs 80 lakh by promising government jobs through claimed links to the minister.
- News reports note that Thakur is mentioned in the record but is not an accused in the case.
- The bench also asked the state’s lawyer to confirm the registered owner of a Toyota Fortuner that the complainant says he holds as a guarantee from Sharma.