Act against police inspector for fabricating evidence in murder of tribal: Court
Mysuru court
acquitted a tribal man falsely implicated in the murder of his wife, the Mysuru court initiated action against a
police inspector
to conduct a trial for trying to mislead the court of law. A court official confirmed that action will be taken as per the court's direction, and they cannot reveal the administrative matters.
The court, while delivering judgment in the case, stated that action must be taken against the official for allegedly attempting to compromise the justice system. The court directed the chief administrative officer to book the police inspector under sections 194 and 193 of IPC for
fabricating evidence
with intent to procure conviction of a capital offence.
The judge, Gururaj Somakkalavar, in the order, stated that a finding needs to be recorded in such cases, whether a lapse was innocent or blameworthy. Each erring officer must suffer the consequences of his lapses by appropriate departmental action, he stated in his judgment.
Advocate BS Pandu Poojari, who represented tribal Suresha, said they would file an appeal before the appellate court, pressing to book all policemen of the investigating team along with the inspector. A departmental inquiry has been ordered against four police officers, besides booking an inspector for providing fabricated evidence in court, he explained.
On April 1, Suresha's wife, Mallige, was produced before the open court, nearly four years after she was believed to have died, and the trial is ongoing. The court expressed it as a case of serious lapse on the part of police, and felt that the investigating team tried to convict an innocent tribal based on fabricated evidence.
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