Superintendent of Police forcibly entered into the house of Shri Ram Charan Meena
of Hurla village, misbehaved, kicked and abused him and then took him away to the
police station and detained him at Mahua PS. He was subsequently shifted to Manpur
PS and subjected to further humiliation. A sum of Rs. 60001- was also snatched by
the police from him.
On notice issued by the Commission to Director General of Police, Rajasthan,
the SP (Vigilance), Rajasthan, stated that, on 15 January, 1993 the police had gone
to village Hurla in search of Shri Bal Ram Meena involved in Manpur police case uls
302,392 [PC. The allegations that the police forcibly entered his house and snatched
away Rs. 60001- was denied.
The Commission, on perusal was not satisfied with the report. Accordingly, it
made an order on 10 May 1996 directing its Director General (Investigation) to ascertain
the facts and report to the Commission. Accordingly, the matter was inquired into by
the investigation wing of the Commission and a detailed report in this behalf filed. he
findings were as follows:
(i)
Shri Ram Charan Meena was assaulted by police constables.
(ii)
He was brought to the Police Station Mahua and produced before SP Dausa
on 15 October 1993 to find clues about an absconding person. On the way,
he was also taken to Mahtia about 5 kms. away from the village towards
Manpur.
,(iii)
After he was produced before SP Dausa, he was duly questioned and
thereafter released in the evening.
(iv)
The injuries on his person were simple in nature. There was no independent
evidence that they were caused by the beating by a police sub-inspector.
However, the injuries were obviously caused by beating by some police
constables.
The Commission accepted the findings of its investigation wing and recommended initiation of appropriate action against the offending Inspector. In regard to the
role of the S.P. Dausa, the Commission was of the view that he be cautioned. The
Commission directed the DGP, Rajasthan that expeditious action as recommended be
taken and reported to the Commission.