CHENNAI: Just because the flutter across the Pollachi sexual abuse case has started to wane, a PIL has been filed within the Madras prime court docket in quest of an FIR in opposition to Tamil Nadu home secretary and Coimbatore rural superintendent of police (SP) for disclosing the name and id of the complainant/ victim.
The petitioner, suggest A P Suryaprakasam, wanted the court docket to direct the director basic of police (DGP) to investigate the case and punish the officials beneath Section 228A of the IPC, which supplies for imprisonment up to two years with a advantageous for the offence.
The PIL is perhaps taken up for listening to on March 25 through the first bench of the court docket headed through Chief Justice V Ok Tahilramani.
According to the petitioner, the law prohibits any police officer investigating crimes of sexual abuse of girls and youngsters from disclosing the name and id of the victims and the 2 officials had violated it.
“Coimbatore SP Pandiyarajan printed the name of the victim/ complainant to the media right through a press meet held in connection with the case. Home secretary Niranjan Mardi printed the name of the victim and the training institution where she was once learning in a central authority order dated March 13, issued for shifting the case to the CBI.”
The two not simplest disobeyed the orders of the Supreme Court but in addition committed a prison offence beneath Section 228(A) of the IPC, the petition stated.
Justifying his locus standi to hunt any such reduction, Suryaprakasam submitted that the constitution bench of the Supreme Court in Sheno Nandhan Paswan case had obviously said that someone can set the prison law in motion.
Pointing out that he had made a grievance soliciting for registering an FIR in opposition to the duo with the place of work of the DGP through velocity publish on March 15, the suggest stated the DGP had not taken any motion so far.
Claiming that no certain motion can be anticipated from the DGP as the 2 accused officials grasp prime ranks, the petitioner wanted the court docket to intrude and direct the DGP to sign up an FIR.
The petitioner, suggest A P Suryaprakasam, wanted the court docket to direct the director basic of police (DGP) to investigate the case and punish the officials beneath Section 228A of the IPC, which supplies for imprisonment up to two years with a advantageous for the offence.
The PIL is perhaps taken up for listening to on March 25 through the first bench of the court docket headed through Chief Justice V Ok Tahilramani.
According to the petitioner, the law prohibits any police officer investigating crimes of sexual abuse of girls and youngsters from disclosing the name and id of the victims and the 2 officials had violated it.
“Coimbatore SP Pandiyarajan printed the name of the victim/ complainant to the media right through a press meet held in connection with the case. Home secretary Niranjan Mardi printed the name of the victim and the training institution where she was once learning in a central authority order dated March 13, issued for shifting the case to the CBI.”
The two not simplest disobeyed the orders of the Supreme Court but in addition committed a prison offence beneath Section 228(A) of the IPC, the petition stated.
Justifying his locus standi to hunt any such reduction, Suryaprakasam submitted that the constitution bench of the Supreme Court in Sheno Nandhan Paswan case had obviously said that someone can set the prison law in motion.
Pointing out that he had made a grievance soliciting for registering an FIR in opposition to the duo with the place of work of the DGP through velocity publish on March 15, the suggest stated the DGP had not taken any motion so far.
Claiming that no certain motion can be anticipated from the DGP as the 2 accused officials grasp prime ranks, the petitioner wanted the court docket to intrude and direct the DGP to sign up an FIR.
Naming sex abuse victim: PIL seeks FIR
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