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The Supreme Court has directed the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Ernakulam, to personally look earlier it successful a lawsuit concerning the alleged nonaccomplishment of the Kochi City constabulary to registry a First Information Report (FIR) connected a ailment of outraging the modesty of a pistillate from a Scheduled category.
A Bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice R. Mahadevan passed the bid connected Monday (May 11, 2026) connected a peculiar permission petition filed by a idiosyncratic challenging a Kerala High Court bid denying anticipatory bail to her successful transportation with an battle and transgression trespass lawsuit registered astatine the Panangad constabulary presumption successful Kochi. The petitioner successful the erstwhile lawsuit is the accused successful the battle and transgression trespass case.
The Bench termed the affidavit filed by the State government, the archetypal respondent, “thoroughly unsatisfactory.” The affidavit was submitted successful effect to an bid issued connected April 2, 2026.
The tribunal observed: “The basal point, arsenic to why, instantly upon receipt of the ailment filed by the petitioner, a ceremonial FIR was not registered, has not been answered, contempt it being an admitted information that the ailment sent done the station was received by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, District Ernakulam, Kerala, connected January 8, 2026.”
“Accordingly, we nonstop the Assistant Commissioner of Police, District Ernakulam, Kerala, to beryllium personally contiguous earlier the Court connected May, 15, 2026, to explain, arsenic to why, upon receipt of the ailment done post, nary ceremonial FIR was registered,” the tribunal said. The tribunal besides extended the interim extortion granted to the petitioner connected February 19, 2026, to proceed till the adjacent day of listing.
Probe launched
The serviceman acrophobic has since moved retired of the post. “The past ACP received the ailment and forwarded it to the Panangad station. Reportedly, the petitioner was an accused successful different lawsuit registered by the police. So, the hold was astir apt owed to the cognition that it was a antagonistic petition. However, we person since registered an FIR and launched a probe,” said the incumbent officer.
He said that helium volition look successful the apex tribunal arsenic ordered.
