PIL seeks Haryana’s compliance with CrPC section

Chandigarh, April 11 The Punjab and Haryana High Court issued notices on Friday to Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on a PIL filed by Rajesh Kumar Bharti, a resident of New Delhi.
The petitioner has sought that instructions be issued to Haryana to comply with Section 154 (1) (2) (3) of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The SSPs, SPs, SHOs and Police Post Incharges of Punjab and Chandigarh have already been asked by the court to comply with these sections.
The petitioner has further demanded that directions be issued to Punjab and Chandigarh to issue memos in the same manner as issued by Haryana and also to comply with the section of the CrPC.
It is demanded that the concerned police officials of all the three states be directed to accept complaints lodged through the Internet in the interest of justice.
The petitioner has sought instructions to provide written complaints with diary number, date and office seal to the complainants.
What is Sec 154 (1) (2) (3) of CrPC?Information in cognizable cases:* Every informtion relating to the commission of a cognizable offence, if given orally to an officer in charge of a police station, shall be reduced to writing by him or under his direction, and be read over to the informants and every such information, whether given in writing or reduced to writing as aforesaid, shall be signed by the person giving it, and the substance thereof shall be entered in a book to be kept by such officer in such form as the State Government may prescribe in this behalf.* A copy of the information as recorded under sub-section (1) shall be given forthwith, free of cost, to the informant.* Any person, aggrieved by a refusal on the part of an officer in charge of a police station to record the information referred to in sub-section (1) may send the substance of such information, in writing and by post, to the Superintendent of Police concerned who, if satisfied that such information discloses the commission of a cognizable offence, shall either investigate the case himself or direct an investigation to be made by any police officer subordinate to him, in the manner provided by this code, and such officer shall have all the powers of an officer in charge of the police station in relation to that offence.
Express news service
Posted online: Saturday , April 12, 2008 at 02:55:53Updated: Saturday , April 12, 2008 at 02:55:53