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Delhi Police gets dressing down by Delhi court
New Delhi, July 27: Delhi police`s lackadaisical approach to cases involving grave charges like sedition and promotion of enmity between groups has come in for criticism from a Delhi court, which has now directed the Police Commissioner to ensure that investigation of such cases are handled only by experienced officers.
New Delhi, July 27: Delhi police's lackadaisical approach to cases involving grave charges like sedition and promotion of enmity between groups has come in for criticism from a Delhi court, which has now directed the Police Commissioner to ensure that investigation of such cases are handled only by experienced officers.
The direction came from additional sessions judge Babu Lal, while acquitting one Mohd Hanif Iqbal, charged by the Delhi Police with being a member of the banned SIMI and propogating secession of Kashmir from India.
Police had arrested Iqbal in November 2001 for allegedly making a speech supporting the separation of Kashmir. The cops also claimed to have seized books containing scurrilous remarks against Hindu deities from his possession.
However during trial, the court noted that the "Rukka" sent by the investigating officer did not contain anything to the effect that Iqbal spoke about the seccession of Kashmir. The defence council claimed that this was proof enough to indicate that police had introduced this at a later stage to establish their case.
To complicate matters further, two witnesses, whom police claimed were witnesses to the speech, declined to support the prosecution case.
On the literature, claimed to have been recovered from the accused, his counsel argues that it was freely available in the market.
Bureau Report
The direction came from additional sessions judge Babu Lal, while acquitting one Mohd Hanif Iqbal, charged by the Delhi Police with being a member of the banned SIMI and propogating secession of Kashmir from India.
Police had arrested Iqbal in November 2001 for allegedly making a speech supporting the separation of Kashmir. The cops also claimed to have seized books containing scurrilous remarks against Hindu deities from his possession.
However during trial, the court noted that the "Rukka" sent by the investigating officer did not contain anything to the effect that Iqbal spoke about the seccession of Kashmir. The defence council claimed that this was proof enough to indicate that police had introduced this at a later stage to establish their case.
To complicate matters further, two witnesses, whom police claimed were witnesses to the speech, declined to support the prosecution case.
On the literature, claimed to have been recovered from the accused, his counsel argues that it was freely available in the market.
Bureau Report