India, Oct. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh police for not recording the name of the accused caught on the spot in an FIR observing that with such conduct, the people will not trust the police and the court will be forced to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation to take over all criminal cases in the state.

"How will people trust you if this is how you proceed with matters. In everything you seem to have an agenda," a bench of justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva asked the state after being confronted with a case where a woman appeared in person and complained that the accused, who was riding a motorcycle was caught by her in a crime and handed over to the police. Yet, the FIR mentioned "unknown...