In West Bengal, police officers had reached the rape victim’s house at 2 am to give notice. While hearing the matter, the division bench of Justice Jaimalya Bagchi and Justice Gaurang Kanther of the High Court has also ordered the police of Lake police station and Narendrapur police station to be fined. The court said that going to the woman’s house at midnight and giving notice and calling her on WhatsApp is against the law. In the incident, the bench ordered both the station in-charges to apologize in writing to the victim. Along with this, the court has ordered to pay a fine of 5 thousand to 10 thousand rupees within a week.
what is the matter
It is known that the house of the complainant of a rape case of Lake police station area is in Narendrapur police station area. The Alipore court fixed the date of taking his testimony on July 5 in the afternoon. The police of Lake police station sent a message to Narendrapur police station through e-mail on June 29 to give this information. But it is alleged that the police of Narendrapur police station did not pay heed to that e-mail. After giving information to Narendrapur police station again on July 4, at midnight the police reached her home with a notice at 2 o’clock along with a call on ‘Whatsapp’ of the victim.
The court has expressed displeasure over the role of police
When this information came to the fore during the hearing of the case, the court expressed displeasure over the role of the police. The court questioned why the investigating officer chose the route of reaching the notice without informing directly over the phone. Whereas he had the phone number of the woman in Lake Police Station. Along with this, Justice Bagchi questioned whether the police can go or call a woman’s house at midnight. The court has expressed the opinion that this action of the police is condemnable.
Why was the young man released on personal bail?
Significantly, while testifying in the court, the victim pointed out to the court judge that a young man named Vishal Periwal was sitting in the courtroom. His victim was called to Ekchi Coffee Shop and requested to settle the complaint. After this, the judge handed over the young man to the police from the court room itself. But the police of Lake police station filed a complaint the same night and released the young man on personal bail. The court questioned that even after such a serious allegation, how can the police release them from the police station on their own decision. According to the Division Bench, the role of the Investigating Officer and the OC of Lake Police Station is not beyond doubt.