The father of a 16-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh has moved the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored investigation in the matter alleging Uttar Pradesh Police is incapable of an independent probe in the matter.
The petition has been filed by Shyam Singh through Advocate Varinder Kumar Sharma.
The petitioner is approaching the Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India for seeking directions for Courts monitoring the investigation of alleged criminal offences so that fair investigation should be completed of the crime committed against his 16-year-old minor daughter and police not allowed the petitioner for complete the last rites of the deceased as per Hindu rights and ritual, which is clear violation of Article 21.
The petitioner said he filed a complaint against the named accused persons, but FIR was not registered under appropriate sections. Moreover, police did not allow the petitioner to discharge his last ritual rites towards his daughter and police forcefully completed the cremation of the deceased at midnight. The police also did not inform the petitioner about the post-mortem.
The petition said these facts clearly say that there is no chance for fair investigation, hence he is approaching the court for a court-monitored investigation of above said heinous criminal offences.
On January 21, 2022, the 16 years minor daughter of the petitioner, was kidnapped from Village Galimpur, Police Dibai by car and accused persons forcefully taken her into custody in their Form House situated at Village Dhorav Police Station Chhatari, District Bulandshahar, where she was brutally gang raped and murder on January 21, 2022 and police recovered the death body.
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The police registered the FIR dated January 21, 2022 U/s 302 IPC Police Station Chhatari, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh against one accused person, without informing the petitioner.
The police completed the post-mortem of the deceased without information to the petitioner. After completion of the post-mortem, police called the petitioner and forced him to cremate his daughter at midnight.
The petitioner made a written complaint to the Police Station Chhatari, Bulandshahr, UP and alleged about the kidnapping, gang rape and thereafter murder of his minor daughter.
The police has not acted upon the above said complaint given by the petitioner but police himself registered the another FIR dated January 22, 2022 timing at 2.19 AM U/s 3, 25, 27 IPC and SHO was made complainant himself.
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The Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Ghalibpur also certified on his letter head along with signature of respective villagers and Elected Member of Gram Panchayat that daughter of petitioner was kidnapped, gang raped and thereafter murdered.
The petitioner wanted cremation during the day as per Hindu rites and rituals, but police forced the cremation in the dead of the night.
The Gram Pradhan of Rajghat, Vikas Khand Dibai, Bulandshahr also gave a letter/certificate dated February 12, 2022 that cremation of the petitioner’s daughter was done at midnight.