1. An incident which took place in village Tikunia in the Lakhimpur Kheri District of Uttar Pradesh, during the farmers’ protests on 03.10.2021, prompted this Court to initiate these suo motu proceedings in public interest. 2. Vide order dated 17.11.2021, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) was ordered to be re-constituted with a further direction that the ongoing investigation shall be monitored by a former Judge of the High Court. Paras 8 and 9 of the order dated 17.11.2021 are to the following effect: “8. While investigating such offences, justice must not only be done, but also be seen and perceived to be done. We thus deem it appropriate to reconstitute the SIT hereinafter to preserve the faith and trust of people in the Criminal Administration of the Justice System. Further, to assure full and complete justice to the victims of crime, we are inclined to order that the ongoing investigation be monitored by a retired High Court Judge, who too may not have his roots in the State of Uttar Pradesh. We, therefore, appoint Justice (Retd.) Rakesh Kumar Jain, a former Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, to monitor the ongoing investigat