New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, September 30, severely criticised the Uttar Pradesh Police, saying they might as well disband the Department and let the CBI handle every probe in the state.

The remarks were made by a bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva while hearing a petition on irregularities in UP Police's conduct during a criminal investigation involving a motorcycle incident.

'How will people trust police?'

The matter reached the apex court when a complainant filed a petition submitting to the bench that the police were biased from the beginning of the case. After the accident, the complainant said he physically caught the rider on the spot and handed him over to the officials. Police, however...