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Karnataka Director General and Inspector General of Police M.A. Saleem has issued a broad Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) mandating azygous probe procedures successful cases of custodial unit and custodial deaths crossed the State.
The Standing Order, issued connected Saturday (May 16), follows concerns implicit lapses successful investigations by section constabulary officers, including delayed FIRs, improper mahazars, and nonaccomplishment to cod important carnal and integer evidence. The bid noted that by the clip the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) takes implicit specified cases, arsenic is the norm, captious grounds often deteriorates, hampering just probe and judicial process.
Under the SOP, constabulary stations person been directed to instantly registry FIRs successful each custodial unit oregon decease cases nether Section 196 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, either connected complaints by victims, relatives, immoderate person, oregon suo motu. The guidelines mandate that officers of and supra the fertile of Deputy Superintendent should behaviour impartial investigations until the CID assumes charge.
In custodial unit cases, investigating officers person been instructed to behaviour contiguous spot mahazars, prehend CCTV footage, cod carnal grounds nether audio-video recording, grounds unfortunate statements nether BNSS provisions, and get aesculapian introspection reports.
For custodial decease cases, the SOP makes magisterial enquiry compulsory and directs that inquest and autopsy procedures beryllium videographed. The constabulary person besides been instructed to impact forensic experts, sphere biologic and integer evidence, and nonstop samples to the Forensic Science Laboratory wrong 2 days.
The SOP further directs CID officers to re-examine witnesses, cod documentary and integer evidence, get aesculapian and magisterial reports, and question prosecution authorisation nether Section 218 of BNSS and Section 170 of the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, earlier filing chargesheets against accused constabulary personnel.
Mr. Saleem instructed each Commissioners of Police, scope Inspector Generals/Deputy Inspector Generals and Superintendents of Police to strictly travel the SOP on with directions issued by the Supreme Court and the Karnataka High Court to guarantee impartial and nonsubjective investigations.
