Delhi high court slams police, says registration of FIRs has become business
The remarks were made by the high court which was hearing a plea by an NRI and his family members against whom an FIR was lodged by his wife after coming from the USA.
The Delhi high court has slammed the city police for "lack of professionalism" saying registration of FIRs has been made a profitable business by some police officials.The remarks were made by the high court which was hearing a plea by an NRI and his family members against whom an FIR was lodged by his wife after coming from the USA."Why such (meritless) FIRs are registered is obvious. It seems registration of FIRs has been made a profitable business by some police officials. The police, in the present case, not only registered the FIR but also got lookout circulars for the petitioners issued."Police is supposed to be professional in its working culture. The fall in standard of the police has gone to such an extent that in genuine cases it is difficult to get a case registered and even if registered, it won't act with sincerity but you can get any false FIR registered with it if you have right connections," justice SN Dhingra said while quashing the FIR registered in August 2008.The court expressed surprise how the police registered FIR here when no cohabitation had ever taken place in the city between the couple, who had left for the USA immediately after the solemnisation of their marriage at Panchkula in Haryana."It is surprising that such FIRs are registered by the police when neither complainant lives in Delhi nor the accused persons live in Delhi nor any part of alleged offence had taken place in Delhi."The alleged offence admittedly had taken place in the USA. All the accused persons, as mentioned by the complainant, are living in USA. The complainant herself is living in the USA and the father of complainant perhaps is living in Delhi and pursuing this complaint," the court said while also quashing lookout circulars issued after lodging of the case.The court said all the developments, including the allegation of cruelties and the attitude of the husband towards her, were in the USA and the FIR should not have been registered here if the police had acted bonafide."I consider that registration of this FIR is a sordid story of working culture of Delhi police.It is this police which refuses to register FIRs in cases of heinous offences which take place on the roads of Delhi and when the complainant dare comes to police station for registration of FIR ... while the FIRs are registered then nothing happens in India and no investigation can be done by the police in India," the court said.