HC issues NBW against police inspector

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Press Trust of India Madurai
Last Updated : Aug 08 2014 | 10:35 PM IST
Slamming police "inaction", the Madras High Court bench here today ordered issue of a non-bailable warrant to arrest and produce police Inspector of Rajakkamangalam on Monday after the hut of a petitioner, a widow, was demolished when dispute relating to it was pending and she was seeking police protection.
Justice N.Kirubakaran, dealing with the petition of Chellam, who was living with a mentally challenged son, pointed out that she had been seeking police protection at Dharmapuram village where she was living in a hut.
The court, which took the matter into consideration, suo motu impleaded the Inspector as a respondent and had posted the matter for today.
However, the Inspector did not come to the court though the government advocate claimed he had sent a message to the inspector.
When the matter was pending and the inspector had been informed, on August 6, the same evening the petitioner's house had been demolished."There is a prima facie clear case. This court is unable to understand as to how the building could be demolished when the inspector had been impleaded as party."
The judge said "it is a routine practice of police officials in many cases that they are not following the instructions given by the government advocate. Only if the police follow the instructions of the court, it would be in a position to dispose the matters. If proper assistance was not given by police, the justice delivery system cannot function properly," the judge said in a strongly-worded interim order.
"The inaction on the part of the police officials would amount to inteference with the administration of justice. This practice has to be deprecated and given a full stop otherwise courts cannot function," the judge said.
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First Published: Aug 08 2014 | 10:35 PM IST