NEW DELHI: Taking exception to a virtually 14-hour delay in registering an FIR following the rape and homicide of a health care provider at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital on August 9, Supreme Court docket on Thursday peppered West Bengal govt with questions: “Who was the principal in contact with to delay registering a criticism with police? What was he doing all these hours for the reason that incident? Why did police take greater than 12 hours to transform the report of unnatural loss of life into an FIR? Why was the crime scene secured solely within the night?”
The questions of a bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud, and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra following their perusal of the CBI standing report within the case appeared to echo an allegation that an effort had been made to cross off the incident as a case of suicide and in addition indicated doable strain on then RG Kar principal (Dr Sandip Ghosh) to delay a proper criticism to police in regards to the crime.
“The complete course of adopted by Kolkata police will not be prescribed within the legal process code. In my whole 30-year profession as a lawyer and a choose, I’ve by no means come throughout such a process adopted by police for registering an FIR in a rape and homicide case,” Pardiwala stated.Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for Bengal govt, combatively opposed SC’s observations and stated cops adopted the process prescribed in 2018 by then Kolkata police commissioner in such circumstances. He claimed dad and mom of the deceased stored deferring submitting a proper criticism. SC retorted, “That doesn’t justify the delay in lodging of the FIR.”
Sibal stated securing the crime scene in addition to different steps taken by police have been in accordance with the foundations and have been videographed, thus ruling out any discrepancy. “The query now’s what has CBI executed within the final seven days of investigations?” he requested.
Solicitor common Tushar Mehta countered Sibal, saying the FIR was not lodged even after the physique of the deceased was cremated. “First, the dad and mom have been knowledgeable their daughter was not effectively, then they have been advised she had died by suicide after which about her homicide. The videography of the occasions was executed solely on the insistence of the sufferer’s colleagues.”
The apex courtroom requested CBI to file one other standing report within the case by September 5.
The questions of a bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud, and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra following their perusal of the CBI standing report within the case appeared to echo an allegation that an effort had been made to cross off the incident as a case of suicide and in addition indicated doable strain on then RG Kar principal (Dr Sandip Ghosh) to delay a proper criticism to police in regards to the crime.
“The complete course of adopted by Kolkata police will not be prescribed within the legal process code. In my whole 30-year profession as a lawyer and a choose, I’ve by no means come throughout such a process adopted by police for registering an FIR in a rape and homicide case,” Pardiwala stated.Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for Bengal govt, combatively opposed SC’s observations and stated cops adopted the process prescribed in 2018 by then Kolkata police commissioner in such circumstances. He claimed dad and mom of the deceased stored deferring submitting a proper criticism. SC retorted, “That doesn’t justify the delay in lodging of the FIR.”
Sibal stated securing the crime scene in addition to different steps taken by police have been in accordance with the foundations and have been videographed, thus ruling out any discrepancy. “The query now’s what has CBI executed within the final seven days of investigations?” he requested.
Solicitor common Tushar Mehta countered Sibal, saying the FIR was not lodged even after the physique of the deceased was cremated. “First, the dad and mom have been knowledgeable their daughter was not effectively, then they have been advised she had died by suicide after which about her homicide. The videography of the occasions was executed solely on the insistence of the sufferer’s colleagues.”
The apex courtroom requested CBI to file one other standing report within the case by September 5.
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