Take action against ASI for negligence in duty: Court to SSP

The court of Pankaj Verma, Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMIC), in a judgment passed recently in a case registered by an ASI posted at the Chabal police station on the basis of fake evidence has ordered the Tarn Taran SSP to take departmental action against him for his negligence in duty.

Investigation officer (IO) ASI Satpal Singh on the complaint of Tejinder Singh, a resident of Lalu Ghuman village, registered a case against Paramjit Singh and others on May 2, 2014. The court in a judgment passed on the basis of the evidence on the record noticed that during 11 years of proceeding, IO Satpal Singh failed to perform his duty fairly due to which the accused had to face harassment.

The court stated that at the time of occurrence of the incident there was no fight between the two parties. Rather it was just a matter of property dispute between both the parties. Advocate Rakesh Raman Arora, who appeared on behalf of Paramjit Singh, confirmed that the court had ordered the SSP to take departmental action against ASI Satpal Singh and others. As per the judgement, the SSP was asked to submit a copy of the action report within one month in the court. — OC