Police Commissioner Prayagraj and other police officers to appear before the High Court to explain action against erring cops who delayed in lodging FIR in a case
By
Rajesh Pandey
On a contempt petition, the Allahabad High Court has directed Prayagraj’s Commissioner of Police Tarun Gauba, and other police officers to appear before the court on December 10, 202,4, and apprise the court as to what action has been taken against the policemen, who delayed in lodging of FIR despite a complaint moved by the applicant.
Hearing a contempt petition filed by one Balram Yadav, Justice Salil Kumar Rai directed to list this case on December 10, 20,24 for the next hearing.
The applicant had moved a complaint before the police station – in Ghurpur, Prayagraj alleging that one Arpit, who is representative of an MLA, had attacked his father on September 25, 2024, in which he died.
However, the counsel for the applicant alleged that the FIR was not registered due to political pressure, which is a violation of the guidelines of the court.
As per the previous direction of the high court, the commissioner of police, Prayagraj – Tarun Gauba, deputy commissioner of police, Yamuma Nagar, Prayagraj, and another appeared before the court on November 28, 2024.
They filed an affidavit in which they stated that an FIR at the instance of the applicant – Balram Yadav has already been registered at the concerned police station and a preliminary inquiry regarding the conduct of the concerned police officer for his failure to register an FIR has also been instituted.
However, the court noticed that the FIR did not disclose whether any action was proposed to be taken against the concerned police officer or not.
On this, the additional advocate general, representing the state government requested the court to grant a week’s further time for the detailed affidavit.
The court in its order dated November 28 directed the aforesaid police officers to again appear before the court on December 10, 2024.
