Are you above law: Bombay HC pulls up Param Bir Singh, asks why no FIR against Anil Deshmukh

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday pulled up former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and asked him why did he not lodge a police complaint against Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh, against whom he has levelled severe charges of corruption and extortion.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday pulled up former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and asked him why did he not lodge a police complaint against Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh, against whom he has levelled severe charges of corruption and extortion. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni asked Param Bir Singh why he did not lodge a complaint with the police first saying he is not “a layman” and added that without an FIR there is no scope of the court to intervene or ask a probe agency to investigate. "You (Singh) are a senior police officer. You are not a layman. You were duty-bound to register a complaint against any wrongdoing. Despite knowing that an offence is being committed by your boss, you (Singh) remained silent," Chief Justice Datta said.