Nine persons, who had been facing prosecution in connection with human trafficking and buying a girl for slavery, were acquitted by a Delhi court and directed the police commissioner to initiate an in
Nine persons, who had been facing prosecution in connection with human trafficking and buying a girl for slavery, were acquitted by a Delhi court and directed the police commissioner to initiate an inquiry against two police inspectors. The court said that the prosecution had miserably failed to prove that the accused had bought a girl. It noted that the SHO of Desh Bandhu Gupta Road police station and the investigation official did not scrutinise the chargesheet, which proved fatal to the prosecution case.
The court let off Archana, Naresh, Rajesh Kumar, Meena, Mazid, Asgar Ali, Awnish Sharma, Mohd Naseem and Deepak of various charges, including 370 (buying or disposing of any person as a slave), 370A(2) (exploitation of trafficked person), 343 (wrongful confinement), 109 (punishment of abetment of an offence), 376 (rape) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC and sections of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
“On perusal of record, it is revealed that disclosure of accused Rajesh reflects amount of only Rs 50, whereas the charge sheet reflects Rs 50,000 for selling of the victim, but no explanation has been furnished before filing the charge sheet in the court. Necessary action be taken against IO and SHO. Copy of this order be sent to the commissioner of police, New Delhi, for necessary action and compliance,” the additional sessions judge noted.
