Schoolgirl Killed In South 24 Parganas: HC pulls up police: add POCSO charges

The homicide triggered violent protests within the space with villagers setting a police outpost on fireplace. Police, which registered a homicide and kidnapping case, have arrested one particular person in reference to the lady’s dying.

Taking over the plea of the lady’s dad and mom looking for a second post-mortem at a specifically convened listening to on Sunday, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh of the Calcutta Excessive Court docket expressed “excessive dissatisfaction” over the police not including prices beneath the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Citing the Govt Justice of the Peace’s report, which hinted on the necessity of together with the POCSO prices, Justice Ghosh requested why the police didn’t file a case beneath the POCSO Act although the lady was lower than 10 years previous.

The Excessive Court docket courtroom directed the police to “instantly add the POCSO sections” and switch the data to the Particular POCSO courtroom.

Moreover, the arrested accused would now be produced earlier than the POCSO courtroom as a substitute of the CJM courtroom.

Accepting the dad and mom’ plea looking for an post-mortem at a central hospital within the presence of a judicial Justice of the Peace, Justice Ghosh ordered that the second autopsy must be carried out at AIIMS Hospital in Kalyani on Monday within the presence of the Extra Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace (ACJM) of Baruipur courtroom.“Solely dad and mom can watch the post-mortem video in the event that they need to. They’ll keep exterior the post-mortem room,” the courtroom ordered.

If AIIMS Kalyani lacks the mandatory infrastructure to conduct the autopsy, it must be carried out at Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital, additionally situated in Kalyani, the Excessive Court docket ordered. Nonetheless, the autopsy should be performed by docs from Kalyani AIIMS, not these from the state-run hospital, it added.

—With PTI Inputs