The Kerala High Court on Tuesday mentioned that brutality in police stations will cease particularly after CCTV cameras are made purposeful within the rooms.
The High Court made this remark whereas listening to a plea of ​​a person, alleging that he was chained to a railing after which charged with the offense of stopping an officer from discharging his duties. When he requested for the receipt of the grievance made by him.
“Aren’t you (police) ashamed to say that a man came inside the police station and used force to obstruct an officer in the discharge of his duties?” Justice Devan Ramachandran mentioned, “It is very unfortunate that a citizen who came to complain was chained to a railing and then a police officer under section 117 (e) of the Kerala Police Act for obstructing the discharge of his duties.” Got slapped.”
The courtroom mentioned that this conduct is of the sort that occurred within the dungeons of the 18th century and never of the twenty first century.
The decide mentioned that regardless of the courtroom coming down closely on the police, “cases of police brutality are still being reported”.
The courtroom additional mentioned that police stations shouldn’t be allowed to perform like this and “this cruelty will stop only when we have CCTV cameras there.”
It mentioned it was going to encourage the legislature to take away Section 117(e) of the Kerala Police Act.
During the listening to, the decide mentioned that the trigger for concern is that the police at the moment are ready to “recover” the CCTV footage of the incident, which occurred in February this 12 months, to establish the reality behind the claims of the complainant. According to a report submitted by DYSP in October, regardless that the video was not accessible in May.
The DYSP had mentioned so in its report after conducting an inner inquiry into the allegations leveled by the complainant towards two cops, considered one of whom was the SHO.
In a memorandum filed by the police, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) South Zone has mentioned that the CCTV footage of the incident should be retrieved and earlier than deciding whether or not to drop the case registered towards the complainant below part 117(e) or No. of Kerala Police Act
“This assertion is of some concern as an affidavit filed on October 22, 2021 states that when the footage was accessible when the DYSP inquired, your entire incident would have come out within the open.
“The DESP had mentioned that there was no CCTV footage. So I do not know the way the IGP proposes to recuperate the footage or the place the police are going to search for it.
The courtroom listed the matter for listening to in January subsequent 12 months and directed the police to file an affidavit as to why the complainant shouldn’t be compensated below public regulation for the trauma and harassment suffered by him.
The decide mentioned that the police is protecting the case pending towards the complainant below Section 117(e) of the Kerala Police Act in order that the latter can cut price with him to drop his expenses towards the 2 officers, particularly the one who lodged the FIR. and who had filed the FIR. towards him.
“I will not allow this,” the decide mentioned, including that as a result of the police and the state are defending errant officers on this manner, they “are not afraid of the rule of law”.
“If you want the officers to fear the rule of law, the state has to take strict action against them in such cases,” the courtroom mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
