Supreme Court Stays in HC Direction for CBI Probe into Alleged Custodial Torture of Women by Kolkata Police

The Supreme Court today set aside the Calcutta High Court order CBI investigation An investigation has been launched into the allegation that two women arrested during the protests in West Bengal were tortured in custody. RG Kar Medical Faculty rape-murder event.

a bench Judges Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan It passed the order while issuing notice on the petition filed by the State of West Bengal challenging the Supreme Court order. He asked the state government represented by. Senior Advocate Kapil SibalAlso, submitting a list of IPS officers (including women officers) who can be included in the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate a case of custodial torture instead of the CBI.

It was stated that 2 women also participated in the demonstration. Nabanna Abhijan The march organized after the RG Kar Medical Faculty incident. During this protest, they allegedly made objectionable remarks against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s younger daughter.

A complaint was lodged at the Diamond Harbor police station and the police took action against the 2 women under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, POCSO Act and the Information Technology Act. After they were taken into custody, they alleged that police officers assaulted them while in custody.

Initially, the Single Bench of the Supreme Court ordered a CBI inquiry into the allegations. On appeal, the Divisional Board upheld the decision of the single panel, stating that medical reports at the correctional facility indicated torture in custody.

“What bothers us the most is the inconsistency in the recording of the applicants’ health conditions by different authorities. The POCSO judge ordered the defendant to be placed under judicial custody. The medical officer of the prison noted that he had hematomas on his legs and back, and was in pain. This recording was made due to the documents submitted Surprisingly, when the accused was earlier brought to the government hospital at Diamond Harbour, it was said that there was no external injury, the trauma of the writ petitioner had clearly occurred while he was in police custody. It’s obvious.”

It was also stated that, due to the nature of the incident, allowing the police to investigate would lead to a conflict of interest.

He approached the State Supreme Court of West Bengal against the order of the Division Bench.

Case Title: WEST BENGAL AND ORS STATE. REBEKA KHATUN MOLLA v. REBEKA MOLLA AND ORS., SLP(Crl) No. 15481/2024