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Belthangady: Circle Inspector Punished for Arresting Wrong Person

  •   Fri, Aug 01 2008 09:06:23 AM

Daijiworld Media Network - Belthangady (SP)

Belthangady, Aug 1: The local court imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 and half a day of police custody for Puttur rural circle inspector Ravish on Thursday July 31, in a case involving the arrest of wrong person due to mistaken identity.

A resident of Nidle named Lokaiah Gowda was facing charges of assaulting a person, in a case registered at the local police station. Ravish, who was working as sub inspector then, had arrested another person with similar name, thinking that he was the person involved. The namesake Lokaiah Gowda was produced in the court where he was remanded to 15 days judicial custody. The policemen realized later that they had nabbed a wrong person, and accordingly gave this information to the court.

Lokaiah Gowa who was released thereafter, registered a private complaint against the irresponsible behaviour of the police personnel. Acting on this complaint, the court had issued summons to circle inspector Ravish, constables Harish and Eshwar Gowda and informant Shyamsundar.

Ravish and other polciemen who appeared in the court once, chose to abstain from further hearings. When they did not appear in the court even after a warrant was issued, the court had served notices on the assistant superintendent of police, deputy superintendent of police and the district superintendent of police, instructing them to produce the policemen in the court. While other persons appeared in the court, Ravish failed to act. After these officers too failed to act upon the instructions, a notice was sent to the inspector general.

Based on this, Ravish surrendered at the court on Wednesday, July 30 and the hearing was adjourned to the next day. On Thursday, deputy superintendent of police H D Mendonca produced Ravish in the court. The judge remanded Ravish to police custody till evening.

Hearing was taken up in the evening, after which Ravish was fined a sum of Rs 1,000. He was also made to execute a bond stating that he would hereafter be present in the court in response to summons that might be served on him. The other policemen and informant were punished with a day's custody and Rs.1,000 each in fine a few days back.
  

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  • Satya, Bangalore

    Fri, Aug 01 2008

    Mr.Ravish......such a good name you had in police department as a good officer..........shame on you.As a public servant you have taken a oath.Whatz the use?Why the judge asked Mr.Ravish to pay only Rs.1000 and 1day custody,put them for 15days and let him get beating from the police as Mr.Lokaiah Gowda was thrashed for 15days of judicial custody.

    Let the culprits get the same treatment. Public servants knows the law better  and they escape and these higher authorities do not take any action, only the poor public does anything these so called public servant book them and they only know to thrash them.

    I am not against taking action against whoever does the wrong thing, but I feel pitty when policemen act in non-proffessionally.OH DEAR PUBLIC SERVANTS PLZ BE GOOD..........EVERY ONE KNOWS YOU GUY'S WON'T BE GOOD.

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  • Narendra Baliga, Puttur

    Fri, Aug 01 2008

    Yes.. Ravish was in puttur police known for his notorious acts while he was on probation as a fresher in the puttur police station as well .. he was very close to be killed once during the saumya murder riots when the rioters beat him up badly and dumped him in a dust bin.. he is lucky to have survived

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