If Ordinary Citizens Are Chained At Police Stations...: Kerala High Court Raps Police
NDTV
The court was hearing a man's plea seeking protection from harassment by two police officers one of whom had allegedly chained him inside a police station after he sought a receipt of a complaint he had made.
How can ordinary citizens have confidence in the system if someone who walks into a police station to make a complaint is chained to a railing and then charged with the offence of obstructing an officer from discharging his duties, the Kerala High Court questioned the police today.
"How will ordinary citizens have confidence in the system? How can people walk into a police station in such a situation?" Justice Devan Ramachandran asked.
The queries were posed to the Kerala Police when the court was hearing a man's plea seeking protection from harassment by two police officers one of whom had allegedly chained him inside a police station after he sought a receipt of a complaint he had made.
Besides chaining him to a railing at the station, the officer also lodged an FIR against him under the Kerala Police Act for "obstructing a police officer from discharging his duties".
