BANGALORE
In a case of police highhandedness, a minor was jailed in the central prison along with hardened criminals for two months, before his mother produced his birth certificate to a magistrate to prove his age.
In a case of police highhandedness, a minor was jailed in the central prison along with hardened criminals for two months, before his mother produced his birth certificate to a magistrate to prove his age.
The magistrate ordered the 17-year-old boy, a resident of Sudhamanagar, to be shifted to the observation home.
The Mico Layout police had on July 16, picked up the boy from his residence in connection with a case of theft. According to the minor, he was beaten up, and made to tell a court that he was 19 years old.
Members of the Karnataka state commission for protection of child rights (KSCPR) met the boy on Tuesday and recorded his statement. “The police arrested him along with four others, Ganesh, Girish, Vishwanatha and Prakash, and took them to an unidentified place,” Mamatha R, a panel member said.
The four others, all aged between 20 and 25, were released on bail after they bribed the police, she added quoting the boy.
The police told the boy that he would be freed if he lied about his age. “They told that me if I say I am below 18, they will never free me. They asked me to say that I was 19 and also confess to the crime. I did as they asked me to, but they never let me go. When my mother tried to get me out on bail, they produced a body warrant and put me in prison,” he said.
The boy’s mother produced his birth certificate before a magistrate on September 17, after which he was shifted to the juvenile observation home.
“The boy is repeating that he has not committed the crime. But we doubt that. However, the police have no right to put a juvenile in the central jail. He has also stated that the police officers demanded a bribe for his release. He couldn’t manage the amount, while the other four paid the demanded amount and walked out on bail. He also said the cops have taken his signature on blank sheets,” Mamatha said.
When asked, the station house office of Mico Layout police station, CN Janardhana Rao expressed ignorance over the matter. “We don’t keep juveniles in custody. I don’t remember arresting a minor. We keep arresting a lot of people and produce them before the court. So I don’t remember this particular case. However, I will check if any minor was arrested.”
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