Court acquits three persons in prostitution case, hauls up police
3 Jan 2014 6:38 AM IST
Additional sessions judge Kaveri Baweja, who decided the case within four months, pulled up the police for its failure to trace and bring the six out of nine girls to the court and said the investigating agency made no efforts to verify the addresses of these witnesses before filing the charge sheet.
The court acquitted Jaishree, Sujata and Shakuntala, residents of GB Road, as the three victims who had appeared in the court failed to identify the three accused.
It noted that the summons remained unserved to the six witnesses for want of correct addresses and also directed the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of Central Delhi District to pass directions to its officers for verifying the addresses of the witnesses.
‘It is desired in such cases, particularly when prosecution witnesses belong to some other states, that the addresses of such witnesses are duly verified by the investigating officer before the charge sheet is filed in the court.
‘It is hence directed that the DCP (Central) shall issue necessary directions to all the Investigation Officers to verify the addresses of prosecution witnesses before the case is sent to court.
‘... IO shall be fixed with the responsibility of ensuring that their correct addresses are brought on record so that necessary action may be initiated against the IO in case the said addresses are found to be incomplete, incorrect or nonexistent when summons are issued on these addresses during trial,’ the judge said.
According to the prosecution, nine girls were rescued from a brothel in GB Road here in August 2013, by the police with the help of an NGO after the organisation informed the cops that some missing girls from different states were being forcibly confined there.
The court acquitted Jaishree, Sujata and Shakuntala, residents of GB Road, as the three victims who had appeared in the court failed to identify the three accused.
It noted that the summons remained unserved to the six witnesses for want of correct addresses and also directed the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of Central Delhi District to pass directions to its officers for verifying the addresses of the witnesses.
‘It is desired in such cases, particularly when prosecution witnesses belong to some other states, that the addresses of such witnesses are duly verified by the investigating officer before the charge sheet is filed in the court.
‘It is hence directed that the DCP (Central) shall issue necessary directions to all the Investigation Officers to verify the addresses of prosecution witnesses before the case is sent to court.
‘... IO shall be fixed with the responsibility of ensuring that their correct addresses are brought on record so that necessary action may be initiated against the IO in case the said addresses are found to be incomplete, incorrect or nonexistent when summons are issued on these addresses during trial,’ the judge said.
According to the prosecution, nine girls were rescued from a brothel in GB Road here in August 2013, by the police with the help of an NGO after the organisation informed the cops that some missing girls from different states were being forcibly confined there.
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