Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 20: 2nd Additional Munsiff Jammu Jeevan Kumar Sharma today directed SSP Jammu to register FIR against Karan Chalotra, SHO Police Station Baskhi Nagar.
The significant direction has been passed in a complaint filed by Rakesh Gupta under Section 156 (3) of Code of Criminal Procedure seeking appropriate directions to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu to register an FIR against the SHO under the relevant provisions of law.
The applicant has stated in the application that on 24.11.2019 the complainant’s son, namely, Shubam Gupta was returning back to his home from marriage function at about 9:00 pm and at Naka Point Resham Ghar the SHO stopped the vehicle of the complainant’s son and dragged/forced him from the motorcycle due to which the complainant’s son fell down and sustained some injury on his right leg.
Thereafter the accused SHO without providing medical aid to the son of the complainant forcibly took him at Police Station and locked him there for whole night. On 25-11-2019, the medical treatment was provided to the complainant’s son only after the intervention of the CJM Jammu.
Thereafter the complainant approached SSP Jammu for redressal of his grievances with a request to take action against the accused by registering the FIR but despite the receipt of the written complaint dated 3-12-2019 till date the SSP concerned has not taken any action against the accused person.
After hearing Advocate Virender Dev Singh for the applicant, the court directed Senior Superintendent of Police to get register an FIR and investigate the matter from a police officer not less than a rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. “A compliance report in shall be filed within two weeks”, the court added.
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