The Delhi high court on Monday asked the Delhi police commissioner to explain why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against him for not following its earlier order to review false criminal cases foisted on a citizen.
Justice G.S. Sistani issued a notice to the police commissioner after hearing a petition filed by 56-year-old Prempal, a mason, allegedly harassed for the last 15 years by the police which implicated him in cases ranging from rape, murder and drug peddling to the Arms Act and anti-terror law TADA.
Prempal filed the contempt petition after the police allegedly failed to comply with the high court’s March 25, 2010, order by which it had directed the police chief to send a written apology to Prempal and his family for making them suffer for 15 years.
The high court had also awarded a compensation of over `8 lakhs to Prempal.