Dear Experts,
We filed police complaint on attack on senior citizen belongs to SC .The local police booked the accused on simple cases and the investigating officer (SI)not booked on SC-ST Atrocity act because the accused have bribed the SI .The police kept the case under investigation for more than 9 months and in the meantime we again sent another two compliants to local police to register supplimentary cases under SC-ST Atrocity act by submitting all photos,witnesse Affidavits etc but the police neglected all our complaints. After 9 months they filed chargesheet and the accused are produced to the court and the accused Aquitted because the police statement and witnesse statements are different.
As per the recent direction of Supreme court " Every acquittal in a criminal case should be understood as a failure of the justice delivery system and in serving the case of Justice,directing the governments to punish investigating officers in such cases".
So,what we have to do next to get the accused punished under SC-ST Atrocity act?Can we approach commisioner of police to reopen our complaint or should we approach court to give direction to the police to reopen our complaint and register Atrocity case against accused ? Please give your advice.
Thanks,
Narayana Swamy
