Ethics · 19 Aug 2026

Siwan AK-47 proportionality

Consider the following statements regarding the July 25, 2026 Siwan firing incident:

  1. The AK-47 rounds fired by the constable at JP Chowk resulted in injuries to three protesters.
  2. The Bihar Police's counter-affidavit simultaneously argues that the AK-47 has no place in law-and-order policing and that the overall force used was not disproportionate.
  3. The Bihar Director General of Police issued fresh instructions on AK-47 use before the counter-affidavit was filed in the Supreme Court.
AOnly one
BOnly two
COnly three
DAll three
This question is based on: Trapped in the Crowd: What Bihar's AK-47 Affidavit Actually Asks of a Police Officer
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Why in news

The Bihar Police filed a counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court on August 11, 2026, responding to scrutiny over the use of force during the July 25 NEET-UG paper leak protests in Siwan, where a constable fired an AK-47 after getting trapped inside a violent crowd.

Why for UPSC

This question tests careful reading of case-specific detail (which weapon caused which injury and the sequencing of institutional response versus legal defence) rather than a general impression of the incident - the kind of precision GS4 case-study questions demand.

Prelims summary

In the Siwan incident, the AK-47 fire caused no injuries while a separate 9mm pistol injured three protesters; Bihar's DGP had already issued fresh AK-47 guidelines before the state's Supreme Court affidavit defended the overall force as proportionate.

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