DP pulled up for shutting eyes on lady cop's molestation case

The Delhi Police has been pulled up by a court here for "shutting its eyes" on the complaint of its lady constable accusing a Station House Officer of molesting her in a police station.
The court also expressed its displeasure over a magisterial court's refusal to order registration of FIR on her complaint.
"It is very unfortunate that a department (Delhi Police), which is responsible to investigate every crime in Delhi, is alleged to have shut its eyes from the crime having been committed upon their own employee i.I. Complainant and that allegedly by their officer i.E. SHO, who was duty bound to prevent crime in his area," Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri said.

The ASJ's observation came on an appeal filed by a lady constable through her counsel Hena Shah against a magisterial court order refusing to direct lodging of FIR on her complaint against the then SHO, B S Rana of Kalkaji Police Station here, citing absence of independent witnesses to prove allegations.
The sessions court, however, sets aside the magistrate's decision saying, "A prima facie case of cognizable offence was made out. In my opinion, it was contrary to law, not to direct the SHO to register FIR."
It also directed the complainant to appear before the trial court on August 12.

The 22-year-old constable had said that in January 2012 while she was posted at Kalkaji Police Station, the SHO had allegedly molested her in a rest room of the police station.
On making a complaint to her seniors, she was transferred to Sarita Vihar Police Station here.