The Hindu: New Delhi: Sunday,
March 12, 2017.
Constable was
accused of demanding Rs.20,000 as bribe to settle a complaint
A court here
has pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for fabricating
documents with regard to a trap laid to catch a Delhi Police constable, who had
allegedly demanded a bribe to settle a complaint regarding noise pollution.
The
constable, Ram Kishan Sharma, worked in the Kotwali SDM court at Daryaganj. A
complaint had been lodged against him by one Pawan Kumar, who alleged that the
accused sought a bribe of ₹20,000 to settle a noise pollution complaint.
‘Documents
fabricated’
Acquitting
the constable, Additional Sessions Judge Brijesh Kumar Garg said “there is a
large number of material contradictions and discrepancies on record.”
Referring to
replies to a RTI application regarding a witness accompanying the CBI in cases
where a trap is laid, the judge said: “These RTI documents cast a serious doubt
on the entire prosecution case and points towards fabrication of documents by
the CBI officials at a later stage.”
The court
also indicted the CBI for giving incorrect name and address of the accused.
“None of the CBI officials, including the verifying officer... and the trap
laying officer... were aware of the correct name and address of the accused [at
the time of lodging of FIR] despite alleged verification of the complaint,” Mr.
Garg said.
The policemen
who allegedly caught the accused were also not examined during the trial.
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