MUMBAI HC PENALISES TOP COP IN SURETY CASE

MUMBAI HC PENALISES TOP COP IN SURETY CASE 22 Jan 2009, 0755 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday ordered an assistant commissioner of police to shell out Rs 10,000 as fine for asking a person to obtain surety from a sitting corporator in a chapter proceedings case. Hearing a group of four such cases, a division bench of justices Bilal Nazki and Anoop Mohta issued a notice to a sessions judge in another case. Of the four cases, in two, the court allowed the state to withdraw the chapter proceedings and issue a fresh notice. The third case was related to the chapter proceedings initiated against a person who had got into an altercation with an RTO officer. The ACP from Nashik asked the person to submit a surety from an RTO officer. A sessions court upheld the order. The person had to remain in custody for three days as a result. The HC has issued a notice to the ACP and also the sessions judge. In the last case, an ACP from Pune asked the person to submit a surety of a sitting corporator. Unable to get any corporator to stand surety for him, the detenue had to spend 21 days in custody. The HC criticised the the ACP's conduct. It issued a showcause notice and also asked him to pay Rs 10,000 as fine.

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