DELHI POLICE FIRST TO MAKE CHANGES AS PER NEW CR.P.C RULES
Dated:19 Feb 2009, 0720 hrs IST,
Source: TNN
NEW DELHI:
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In tune with the recent changes in Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), the Delhi Police has simplified and introduced transparency in chargesheets. Top cop YS Dadwal has directed officers to include the name of accused arrested or granted bail or against whom the trial is pending in a separate column column 4 of the chargesheet.
The person who is still wanted in the case or declared proclaimed offender by the court or a person against whom there is no evidence has to be mentioned in column 2.
It means that those escaping the trial will not get away lightly as earlier an absconding suspect against whom trial is pending used to be put in column 2. But now such accused will be included in column 4 and the charge(s) will be framed.
Delhi Police is the first to introduce this step. Officers claim it will make the process more transparent and policing more efficient. In a detailed order issued recently, Dadwal has also asked officers to personally handle the process of filing chargesheets.
The commissioner has also added that chargesheet in cases for which an inquiry has been sought by him or by an agency appointed by him like crime branch or vigilance, the first investigating officer will not file a chargesheet unless it has been cleared by him. The detailed changes were discussed during the weekly law and order meeting of the commissioner.
The changes have been introduced to plug loopholes in investigation. "Many a times, discrepancies remain in investigations. To tie these loose ends, the commissioner first wants to have a look into the probe process and only then file the chargesheet,'' said a senior police officer.
The new changes in CrPC allows police to use their discretion while arresting an accused in an offence punishable upto seven years in jail. "Earlier, the arrest was mandatory in all IPC cases but now the chargesheet can be filed without the arrest,'' added an officer.
