வழக்கை விசாரித்த நீதிமன்றம் என்ன சொல்லியிருக்கிறதென்றால் போலிஸுக்கு தேவை குற்றவாளிகளோ, ஆதாரங்களோ அல்ல. அப்பாவிகள் சிக்கினால் போதும் என்ன வேண்டுமானாலும் செய்வார்கள் என்று வெளிப்படையாக உண்மையை சொல்லியிருக்கிறது. ஆனாலும் இந்த தீர்ப்பின் மூலம் அப்பாவிக்கு நீதி கிடைத்ததா? உண்மையான குற்றவாளியான போலிஸ் தண்டிக்கப்பட்டதா? அதற்குக் கிடைக்கும் பதில் எப்போதும் போல்தான் இருக்கும். சிந்தித்துப்பாருங்கள்.
அந்த நீதிமன்ற தீர்ப்பின் ஒரு பகுதி:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P. (C) No. 11079 of 2006
Reserved on: 4th March 2010 Decision on: 25th March 2010
Reserved on: 4th March 2010 Decision on: 25th March 2010
3. After narrating the long history of the suffering undergone by Prempal, at the hands of the police for about 15 years in a number of false cases, including the one in which he was being acquitted, the learned ASJ concluded:
“This case is a glaring example that the poor in this country have no say and if they cry for justice, their cries fall on deaf ears. They are made to suffer and pay by their life and liberty, when they complain against police officials.”
“I consider that this is an eye-opener case, which reveals the manner in which police lets off real culprits and falsely implicates innocent persons, who dare ask for justice or who want erring police officials to be brought to book. The police torture of Prempal has converted him into a living corpse. It is a case which shows that police force has persons of criminal character in it, who are out to damage the whole institution and needed to be weeded out. It is recommended that all police officials who were involved in framing Prempal in different cases be given exemplary punishment and Prempal be adequately compensated for loss of valuable years of life and wrongful imprisonment for several years and his harassment for 15 years and physical and mental torture. Copy of this judgment be sent to Commissioner of Police, New Delhi for necessary action.”
இந்த நீதிமன்ற தீர்ப்பினை படிக்கும்போது அமெரிக்க அரசாங்க இணையதளத்தில் சொல்லப்பட்டுள்ள இந்த செய்தியையும் ஒரு முறை படித்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள்.
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மேலுள்ள வழக்குத் தொடர்பான செய்தி:
The Delhi High Court on Thursday awarded a compensation of Rs 5.62 lakh to a person, who was falsely implicated in 18 criminal cases by the police.
Prempal had sought a compensation of Rs 60 lakh from the Delhi Police for implicating him in 18 false cases between 1991 and 2007. But he got only a fraction of his claims.
The court directed Delhi Police commissioner Y. S. Dadwal to compensate the victim as well as tender a written apology to the victim and his family for their suffering.
"If the confidence has to be restored among the citizenry that the police are meant to protect their rights, then such an expression of contrition by those at the helm is imperative," the court said.
The court asked Dadwal to review the criminal cases pending against Prempal and asked him to take a decision within four weeks on whether these cases needed to be pursued against him.
Prempal was slapped with the cases because he had dared to take on the local policemen after they refused to return his household goods recovered from robbers.>
"It started in 1991 when I filed an FIR of theft at my house. The police after arresting the accused and recovering the household goods did not return it. I took on the police and registered a case against them. After that a vigilance inquiry was done and the officials were suspended," "In revenge, the police destroyed 15 years of my life and my family by implicating me in false cases but could not prove any of the cases," he added.
Out of the 18 cases, he was acquitted in 13 after facing a prolonged trial. However in five cases, the police managed to get him convicted, which included four cases of theft and one under the Arms Act.
Prempal moved the high court in 2006 against the Delhi Police for falsely implicating him in a rape case of a minor girl in 2002.
The police accused him of raping the daughter of his landlord as he was having frequent quarrels with him. He was arrested, tortured in custody and suffered incarceration in jail for nearly seven years. Prempal was acquitted by a trial court in September 2004.
The trial court in its order had stated that the police officers involved in framing the case against Prempal should be given exemplary punishment, but the Delhi Police did not abide by it.
"I consider this as an eye-opener case, which reveals the manner in which police lets off real culprits and falsely implicates innocent persons, who dare ask for justice or who want erring police officers to be brought to book," the court observed.
"The torture of Prempal has converted him into a living corpse. It is a case which shows that the police force has persons of criminal character in it, who are out to damage the whole institution and need to be weeded out," the court added.
In all the five cases in which Prempal was convicted, the FIRs were lodged at the Sangam Vihar police station.
Four out of the five cases in which he was convicted were registered in 1999 under sections 457/ 380/ 411 of IPC related to trespass and house break- in by night to commit offence. He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 18 months in each of the cases. However, Prempal was acquitted in seven similar cases.
The fifth conviction was under sections 25/ 27/ 54 and 59 of the Arms Act in which he was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year and six months and was fined Rs 100. But he was acquitted in three other cases under the Arms Act.
Prempal was also acquitted in a case (FIR No 117/ 1991) where he was charged under sections 302/ 34 IPC. The Sangam Vihar police not only implicated him but also his son Sanjay and his wife. The court expressed surprise over the Delhi Police continuing to dub Prempal as a " hardened criminal". " Despite so many acquittals, the Delhi Police continue to dub him as a hardened criminal, this is an appellation that is at once unfair and unjustified.
The most precious years of his life were spent in trying to defend himself against these false cases," Justice S. Murlidhar said.
"What is disconcerting is the number of cases registered at the same police station and the ordeal that Prempal has had to undergo over several years to get relieved of the cases," he added.
Case Record:
18 false cases slapped against him
5 cases in which he was convicted
7 years Prempal had to spend in jail
Rs 5.62 lakh compensation awarded to him by the Delhi High Court
Rs 60 lakh compensation he had claimed for the harassment meted out to him
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அப்பாவி இளைஞர்களே, இது இந்திய போலிஸுக்கு புதிய விஷயமல்ல. இதுபோலத்தான் பல பொய் வரதட்சணை கேசுகள் நாட்டில் பதிவு செய்யப்படுகின்றன. நீங்கள் எந்தத் தவறும் செய்யவில்லையென்றாலும் அதிகாரத்தை தவறாகப் பயன்படுத்தி பல பொய்வழக்குகள் பதிவுசெய்யப்படுகிறது இந்த நாட்டில். உங்களால் இவற்றையெல்லாம் எதிர்கொள்ளும் திறமையிருந்தால் மட்டுமே இந்தியாவில் திருமணம் செய்யலாமா என்று யோசியுங்கள். இல்லையென்றால் உங்களது வாழ்க்கை சின்னாபின்னமாகிவிடும்.
பொய் வரதட்சணை வழக்குகளில் போலிஸுக்குத் தேவை குற்றவாளிகளோ அல்லது வழக்கை நடத்துவதற்கான ஆதாரங்களோ அல்ல உங்களைப்போன்ற அப்பாவிகள் மட்டுமே போதும். அதனால் தான் 98% வரதட்சணை வழக்குகளில் பொய் வழக்குப்போடும் கூட்டம் கடைசியில் நீதிமன்ற விசாரணையில் தோற்றுப்போகிறது.
கடைசியில் நீங்கள் வழக்கில் வெற்றிபெற்றாலும் பொய்வழக்கில் சிக்கிய உங்களின் நிலை பல ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பிறகு எப்படி இருக்கும் என்று யோசித்துப்பாருங்கள். "வாய்மையே வெல்லும்" என்று சொல்லிவிட்டு நீங்கள் உங்கள் வாழ்க்கையைத் திருப்பிப் பார்த்தால் போனால் திரும்பக் கிடைக்காத காலத்தையும், உங்களது பொன்னான வாழ்க்கையையும் தொலைத்திருப்பீர்கள்.
கடைசியில் வெல்வது வாய்மை மட்டும் தான். அதுவும் கடைசியில் தான். இதுபோன்ற காவல்துறையும், நீதித்துறையும் இருந்தால் வாய்மையாவது கடைசியில் வெல்லுமா என்பதும் சந்தேகம்தான்.
பொய் வழக்கால் இழந்த உங்களின் பொன்னான வாழ்க்கையையும் எதிர்காலக்கனவுகளையும் உங்களது வழக்கின் வெற்றி திரும்பக் கொடுக்குமா? பொய்வழக்கில் சிக்கியபிறகு பலஆண்டுகள் உங்களது வாழ்க்கையைத்தொலைத்தபிறகு நீங்கள் வெற்றிபெற்றதாக எப்படிக் கருதமுடியும்.
இப்போதாவது உண்மை நிலையை புரிந்துகொண்டு உங்கள் திருமணத்தைப் பற்றி ஒரு நல்ல முடிவெடுத்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள்.
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