Earlier than the Supreme Courtroom, the Chhattisgarh DGP stated that the police had not registered a felony case as a result of that they had by no means acquired the judicial inquiry report into Shravan’s loss of life.
The Courtroom discovered this rationalization untenable. It famous that the State had itself informed the Excessive Courtroom {that a} judicial inquiry into the custodial loss of life was underway and that its report was awaited. The inquiry report was additionally a part of the document when the Excessive Courtroom determined the case.
The Supreme Courtroom, subsequently, termed the DGP’s stand “patently false and wholly reprehensible”
“Having regard to the age of the accidents famous within the autopsy report, significantly Damage No. 2, being the laceration on the occipital scalp which was opined to be inside in the future, and Accidents Nos. 5 and 6 which had been opined to be 2 to six days outdated, the potential for the deceased having sustained these a number of accidents unfold over the interval of his custody can’t be dominated out,”the Courtroom stated.
In view of those findings, the Courtroom stated the circumstances warranted instant registration of an FIR into the custodial loss of life. It added that the State authorities had “conveniently and intentionally tried to cowl up” the matter.
