The Allahabad High Court has noticed that the petition filed by a former Army jawan who has accused the cops in Pilibhit of torturing and humiliating him, “prima facie, shows a very deplorable situation and police atrocities”.
A division bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Gautam Choudhary mentioned on Thursday, “The matter is serious and needs to be seriously considered by this court.”
The courtroom directed the Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh to file a private counter-affidavit and specify whether or not any motion has been taken within the matter. The courtroom has listed the matter for listening to on July 7.
The petition heard by the courtroom was filed by former military officer Resham Singh (41) who has alleged that on May 3 he was harassed by policemen whereas his mom and two sisters had been humiliated and harassed.
According to the petition, the incident came about when he was on his strategy to Lakhimpur Kheri alongside together with his mom and sisters after the loss of life of his brother-in-law Karam Jeet Singh.
Singh, whose lawyer says he served within the military for 15 years, alleged that whereas he was on his means, policemen stopped his automobile at round 9 am in Pilibhit’s Puranpur space. They requested him for the paperwork of the automobile.
According to the petition, “the police officers who were involved” had been Inspector Ram Naresh Singh, Inspector Rais Ahmed and “05-06 unidentified police constables who can be identified by the victim”.
According to the petition, when the ex-Army jawans had been taking out the papers, “the police officers out of blue started abusing the victim and her family members, which included her mother and two sisters”. The petitioner advised the policemen that he’s a retired member.
According to the petition, Ram Naresh Singh and his associates retaliated by beating Resham Singh. The mentioned cops additionally began beating the mom and sisters of the sufferer. A video clip exhibiting cops thrashing the sufferer is with the petitioner,” learn the petition.
The petitioner and his members of the family had been then taken to a police station, the place he was “dressed after which tied on a cot and brutally crushed for 2 consecutive hours by the mentioned cops utilizing ‘punks’. .. punches within the fist and leg and given. Only to fulfill their ego they’re subjected to third-degree torture”, the petition mentioned.
Resham Singh alleged that “the police officers did not stop at the physical torture… but to further humiliate the victim, they threatened the victim that they would cut her hair to teach her a lesson of her life”.
The retired Army jawan additionally accused the police of crossing “all limits” once they inserted a ‘danda/stick’ contained in the anus/rectum of the sufferer, so as to humiliate him and trample on his vanity and to make the sufferer to be intimidated for all times. .
In the listening to, the courtroom noticed that the case prima facie “indicates a violation of the fundamental rights of the petitioner guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India”.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
