Division: Court pulls up Godhra Police | Vadodara News – Times of India

Officers of Vadodara: Godhra A Division During the hearing of a criminal case, the Thana police has come under trouble due to not being able to produce physical evidence in the court. The Chief Judicial Magistrate initiated proceedings against him and ordered that warrants be issued against him. The court is hearing in relation to an offense registered in 2019 in which a person has been accused of threatening, injuring a stray dog ​​and doing a reckless act endangering human life. The accused had allegedly fired with an airgun and made threats. He also allegedly injured a stray dog ​​with the airgun.
During the hearing of the case, the court ordered that the airgun be produced in the court on April 11 as evidence in the case. But on 11 April the police claimed that they were unable to find the evidence and said it would be produced whenever it was found. The court noted that this is not the first time that a Division The police station could not bring concrete evidence to the court. assistant public prosecutor VL Love Said that the court has ordered the police inspector and crime writer of the police station to be present in the court on April 15 and give clarification. It added that if the officers fail to do so, the court will initiate action against them and issue warrants.
The officers, however, did not remain present in the court on April 15 and did not give any explanation either in writing or orally.
In view of this, Chief Judicial Magistrate JG Damodara ordered that a criminal case should be registered against the police inspector and crime writer u/s 175 of the Indian Penal Code for willfully not producing evidence in the court and also said that warrants should be issued against them. should go. ,