High Court condemns trial court's remarks against Delhi Police

New Delhi : A trial court's order making scathing remarks against Delhi Police has come under the scrutiny of the Delhi High Court which expunged the directions made by the judicial officer raising questions over the competence of the force.

The high court said the remarks made by the additional sessions judge (ASJ) that the investigation of a cheating and forgery case has been botched up and the police officers, their superiors and the accused have formed a cartel, were totally unwarranted.

"The ASJ is well advised to concentrate on his judicial work and should not open parallel proceedings in the matter and should not dawn upon himself the role of disciplinary authority over Delhi Police.

"The Commissioner of Police is seized of the matter and is competent enough to take appropriate action against erring police officers," Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar said while allowing the plea of Delhi government challenging the trial court's order making remarks against it.

The trial court had passed the order in a case where a complaint was filed by the medical superintendent of Lok Nayak Hospital on September 2015, that a special audit of accounts was done and Rs 1.29 crore was transferred in the accounts of 10 unknown persons by one of the hospital staff.

The police registered an FIR in January for the alleged offences of cheating, forgery, using forged documents as genuine and criminal conspiracy under the IPC.