New Delhi, March 8 -- The Supreme Court has quashed a case registered under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act against a Meerut resident, a 90% disabled man, after he was produced before it in a wheelchair to demonstrate the extent of his disability. A bench of justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran expressed disbelief at the state's decision to invoke the stringent Act, and allowed the appeal filed by Shahid, setting aside a July 29, 2024 order of the Allahabad high court, which had refused to quash the first information report (FIR) lodged at Bhawanpur police station in Meerut under Sections 2 and 3 of the Gangsters Act, 1986. Sections 2 and 3 of the 1986 Act define a "gang" and a "gangster" and pr...