Nov 27, 2024 10:52 PM IST
One in every of them — assistant sub-inspector Sandeep Kumar is serving as a nayab courtroom and the opposite ASI, Bhupinder Singh, has retired; the theft circumstances date again to 2014 and 2015; officers say each can be apprehended
Two police officers, together with a retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI), have been charged with prison breach of belief after an inquiry uncovered “negligence” in dealing with case information. Accused ASI Sandeep Kumar (at present serving as nayab courtroom) and retired ASI Bhupinder Singh face fees beneath Part 409 of the IPC.
The inquiry into the circumstances was led by the extra deputy commissioner of police (Metropolis 4).
The inquiry, led by the extra deputy commissioner of police (Metropolis 4), uncovered critical lapses within the submission of charge-sheets for 2 circumstances courting again to 2014 and 2015. Each incidents concerned theft, with FIRs registered beneath related sections of the IPC.
Within the 2015 case, Bhupinder Singh, then the investigating officer (IO), had arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing 40 kg of iron scrap. Regardless of the arrests, the charge-sheet was by no means submitted to the courtroom. The matter got here to mild in October 2024 when one of many accused, Amandeep, filed a petition to quash the FIR.
Equally, in a 2014 theft case involving a loaded truck, Bhupinder Singh claimed to have submitted the charge-sheet and obtained diary quantity 97/21 from nayab courtroom Sandeep Kumar. Nonetheless, it was found that solely investigation information, and never the precise charge-sheets, had been handed over.
A procedural oversight was additionally highlighted when it was discovered that the identical diary quantity had been assigned to each circumstances, elevating considerations in regards to the verification course of. The nayab courtroom reportedly issued the diary numbers with out correctly checking whether or not or not full charge-sheets had been submitted.
He mentioned that the police are actually taking measures to handle such procedural lapses and guarantee accountability. Efforts are on to apprehend the accused, he added.