Court directs action against cop for not registering FIR

A court here has directed the Delhi Police to take action against its officer for not registering an FIR in a case of forgery and failing to investigate the matter properly.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Kumar II directed the DCP (Central) to take appropriate action against the erring Investigating Officer (IO).
The order of the court came on a complaint filed by a credit and thrift society against a government employee who had taken loan from it on basis of a forged document.
Complainant's counsel K K Sharma told the court that the accused had taken loan from the society on the basis of a certificate purportedly issued by his employers but it was later found to be forged.

He, however, repaid the loan amount after a complaint was made against him, the counsel said.
The IO, a sub-inspector, in its status report told the court that there was no wrongful loss to the complainant society.

"In cognisable offences, the police is supposed to register an FIR and investigate the matter but in the present case, IO filed the status report stating that inquiry was conducted by him and he found that there is no wrongful loss caused to the society.
"But he is silent about the forgery and use of forged documents for obtaining loan from the society," the court said.

While directing the police to register an FIR in the complaint made by the society, the court also said, "The conduct of the IO clearly shows that his act was not according to the law and he acted in a negligent manner in not registering the FIR and investigating the matter properly."
The court directed that it be intimated about the action taken against the IO by July 27.