Police fined Rs 2 lakh for not filing murder FIR

The court noted the “agony” of a family because of the delay in an FIR into the unnatural death of its 22-year-old member.

“In the present case,the petitioner and the entire family of the deceased are the hapless victims. A cost of Rs 2 lakh is imposed upon the Delhi Police for their illegal,contemptuous and defiant approach in not following the law of the land,” said Justice Gambhir.

Justice Gambhir called the Delhi Police motto ‘Citizens First’ a “teasing mirage” before noting that Delhi was fast becoming the crime capital of the country.

“The police have bedaubed itself with the dubious distinction of being partisans of the power yielding somebodies and has on the way belittled the value of human life. The trust quotient of the police,therefore,definitely has come to a naught as the ordinary citizen is made to feel like a worthless entity,” the judge said.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Radha,whose brother was found dead on August 6,2007,under mysterious circumstances in a waterlogged park in Rohini. Seeking an FIR under the murder charge and probe against a suspect,Radha and her family made several complaints to police officers of different ranks between 2007 and 2008. A complaint before a magistrate also yielded no result.

Radha then moved the court through advocate Anil Soni.