"I find the Investigating Officer has not taken steps in regard to identification of police officers at concerned police post/police station on the date of the incident," Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi said.
It said that though the FIR was registered in the case for the offence of rape, none of the accused was charge sheeted under this provision.
"In order to have investigation directed in right earnest and to rule out any possibility of retrial/reconsideration, this court directs Commissioner of Police to inquire into the matter and forward a report to the court," the ACMM said.
The court passed the order in the case pertaining to a minor girl hailing from Jalpaiguri in West Bengal who was allegedly trafficked to the capital by accused Geeta Lakra, 24, and Jawahar Lakra, 22.
As per the FIR, Lakras had coerced the girl into coming to Delhi with them and handed her over to the third accused Gul Mohammed, 40, to be employed at his office here.
The girl had alleged that one day she escaped from the office and came near the JPN station, which comes under I P Estate Police Station, where six police personnel tied her mouth and eyes and sexually assaulted her.
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