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8.
Non-registration of Case by Police Relating to a Vehicular Accident at SBS
Nagar District Police, Punjab
(Case No. 250/19/0/2014)
4.38 The case pertains to non-registration of an FIR, for 22 months by SBS
Nagar District Police, Punjab, in a case of death on account of a vehicular accident.
The Commission recommended an amount of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-
five Thousand only) as interim relief and legal/departmental action against the
delinquent police personnel. In response, the Additional Director General of
Police, Human Rights, Punjab vide his communication dated 4 March 2016 and
the Senior Superintendent of Police, SBS Nagar, Punjab vide communication
dated 21 March 2016 submitted that the recommended amount of Rs. 25,000/had been paid to the petitioner who is the father of the deceased on 21 March
2016. Proof of payment was also annexed. It was also stated that a criminal case
had been registered against the ASI Hardeep Singh on 26 February 2016, u/s
166A IPC at Police Station, Rahon for non- registration of case and departmental
action against him too had been initiated.
4.39 Upon considering the report, the Commission closed the case with
directions to the Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab to ensure that the
departmental proceedings initiated in the matter got concluded expeditiously.
9.
A 19 Year Old Suspect and Three Other 17 Year Old Juveniles Forced to
Have Unnatural Sex with Each Other in Police Custody in Chennai, Tamil
Nadu
(Case No. 134/22/13/2015)
4.40 The complainant, Shri G. Dsouza, a human right activist, alleged that
two police personnel forced a 19 year old suspect and three other 17 year
old juveniles to have unnatural sex with each other, while they were in police
custody in Chennai. It was pointed out by the complainant that though CB52
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