New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly pulled up the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police over registering an unnamed FIR despite the police allegedly knowing the accused's identity.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva questioned how people could trust the police in such circumstances, and suggested that the CBI take over all criminal investigations in the State. It went on to observe that it may even disband the entire State police force.

"Why did you write unknown if the person was caught at the spot? How will people trust the police?" the Court said.

The Court's remarks came after the petitioner, who appeared in-person, alleged that the accused had been apprehended at the spot but was still not named i...