The police faced great embarrassment when a local court dismissed a report, in which the police declared an accused in a theft case as ‘innocent’ and ordered the police to register an FIR against a lawyer, which in 2022 court the court
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The court said this in its orders
The court mentioned in its orders that according to the well -established law, a magistrate cannot blind the eyes on the poor investigation conducted by the police and certainly has enough powers to monitor the investigation and ensure that it should be done in a fair, fair and proper manner.
Following the court order, Division No. 5 Police registered an FIR against lawyer Hardayal Inder Singh Grewal under Section 174A (non-Hazir) of IPC, which was declared by the court on 14 July 2022.
In the order issued on July 20, 2022, the court ordered the police to register a new FIR for the fugitive against the lawyer, although the action was delayed as the lawyers went to the Punjab and Haryana High Court and then the Supreme Court.
The case of 27 February 2022 is the case The case started with the theft of a computer screen and a case file from Ahlamad (a court employee) office in the new court premises on February 27, 2022. Division No. 5 Police had registered an FIR against an unknown accused. After scrutinizing the CCTV installed in the court premises, the police discovered an accused Chetan Kumar and arrested him.
During interrogation, Chetan revealed that record thief Deepak Dogra had given him money and saw blades for locking him. He handed over the case file and computer screen to Dogra. While the computer screen was recovered from Dogra, he claimed that the case file was handed over to lawyer Hardayal Inder Singh Grewal, who further sent the file to a salon owner located at Pakkhowal Road. The lawyer was later named in the case.
After the information, the police recovered the case file from the salon. The police presented a charge sheet in the court on 29 April 2022 against Chetan and Deepak Dogra. Meanwhile, the lawyer demanded an application to the Police Commissioner demanding an inquiry.
The investigation was marked (mark) to DCP. On May 19, 2022, the police declared a lawyer innocent and presented a report in his favor. However, the court dismissed the report and passed an order to declare him declared criminals.
Meanwhile, the lawyers moved to the Punjab and Haryana High Court and then the Supreme Court. The police registered an FIR after taking legal opinion from the District Attorney (Legal), which in its report mentioned that no special order has been given by the Supreme Court to stop the operation of the local court orders, in which instructions were issued to initiate proceedings under Section 174-A of the IPC.
Division No. 5 Police SHO Sub-Inspector Balwant Singh said that an FIR has been lodged after the court orders.