High court slams Delhi police
The Delhi high court on Thursday criticised the police for its failure to protect people in the national capital, saying they (the police) “connive” with the families for money.
After hearing a plea from its Legal Services Aid Authority, which pointed out a recent case in which a man was jailed for eloping with a girl based on a complaint by her p
arents alleging she had been raped, vacation judge Shiv Narayan Dhingra said, “You can search the entire city if a dog of your boss is lost, but you can’t provide protection to the people. This is what you are. What to talk about humanity when you don’t have shame?”
The observation was a reference to an incident involving a Delhi police commissioner’s dog that went missing on March 30, 2008, and was the subject of a massive police hunt.
Justice Narayan Dhingra said, “It’s unfortunate that elopement cases are converted into rape cases. Your police is party in all cases of honour killings. You connive with parents and turn your face the other side. You send boys behind bars on rape charges and allow the parents to kill their daughter.”
“In a case of elopement you register the case under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code. You do not register a case or take action where you should have done,” the court said.
Kiran Singh, the advocate appearing for the authority, said the condition of the girl, who is pregnant, is pathetic as her parents have deserted her and the youth she wants to marry is in prison.
Kiran Singh also informed the court that the girl requires protection as she fears she might be killed by her parents if they learn she is pregnant.
The high court then pulled up the police and directed it to produce the youth before it to decide the fate of the couple.
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