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Expressing interest implicit parading accused persons successful nationalist with ropes tied astir their waists, the Calcutta High Court connected Friday said the State has the authorization to apprehension and prosecute individuals but cannot taxable them to humiliation.
“You whitethorn apprehension them, you whitethorn prosecute them but you cannot humiliate them,” said a Vacation Bench led by Justice Joy Sengupta and Justice Smita Das De.
There person been respective reports of accused persons being paraded not conscionable with ropes but besides successful vest and underwear successful Howrah, Kolkata and different parts of the State. The arrests, mostly of accused against whom respective allegations of extortion person been made, person taken spot aft the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to powerfulness successful the State. Most of those subjected to specified attraction person respective allegations against them and are perceived to beryllium adjacent to the Trinamool Congress.
During the proceeding of a plea challenging specified behaviour meted retired to the accused, the tribunal said the constabulary cannot deliberately defame the accused successful the sanction of arrest.
“The police... tin instrumentality enactment according to the law. If recovered guilty, they tin besides bent him. But they cannot deliberately defame the accused successful the sanction of arrest,” the tribunal observed. Questioning the circumstances nether which the constabulary are resorting to specified a practice, the tribunal has sought a study from the State. The lawsuit volition beryllium heard again aft 4 weeks. The authorities informed the tribunal that the individuals are chiefly accused of extortion and they are being taken to the spot to reconstruct the crime.
The Association of Protection of Democratic Rights, successful a missive to the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, earlier had highlighted 2 instances – astatine the Golabari constabulary presumption connected May 24 and Sankrail constabulary presumption connected May 25 – wherever 2 accused were paraded successful underwear with ropes tied astir their waist. On May 24, accused Akash Singh was paraded successful his underwear and vest earlier being taken into custody. On May 25, Shamim Ahmed was subjected to akin attraction and made to locomotion connected the streets.
