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DCP spits and assaults accused in custody

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By Dheeraj Fartode Shocking allegations of misconduct have emerged against a police officer in Nagpur City Police. The officer is accused of abusive and degrading behaviour, particularly targeting accused in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Sources claim that the senior officer arrives at the police station and calls the accused into a separate room, where the officer not only hurls abuse at the accused but also spits at their face. Later, the officer allegedly kicks the accused in the private parts. In some incidents, when a couple approached a police station in Nagpur to file a complaint following a domestic dispute, the police sent a proposal for preventive action to the officer. However, instead of handling the matter professionally, the officer allegedly made the man sit down, then kicked him in the private parts and leave him in pain and humiliation. The behaviour of the high ranked official have raised questions about the professionalism of law enforcemen...
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900 juvenile delinquents facing charges for murder, rape, dacoity

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  • Law must change as per time


By Dheeraj Fartode
Looks are often deceptive. For juvenile delinquents this statement fits cent per cent, given the rising trend of their involvement in crimes whose mere mention sends shiver down the spine of everyone. In fact, police statistics reveal that juvenile delinquents in 16-18 age group are at forefront in committing violent crimes. And when one thinks deeply the comparison is obvious; is it easy to contain a hard-core criminal if he is major, and in dealing with juvenile offenders, is police department clueless?

This is apparent as more and more crimes, that are considered major, the accused involved are juvenile. But in the eyes of law of land they are juvenile delinquents, they cannot be sentenced to a prison term. So the maximum sentence as per existing law is, a stay at Reform Centres. However it is not serving the purpose, if the record of juvenile delinquents in crime sheet is any indication.

State police have arrested 6,770 juveniles in 2011 for their involvement in various crimes. And in Nagpur Police Commissioner, 900 delinquents were arrested during the past two years alone.
Involvement of juveniles in crime, often serious ones, is increasing every year and top brass of law enforcement agencies have noticed a sudden spurt during the last five years. A senior police officer said that juveniles are repeat offenders and their interrogation reveals that they have no fear of law and law enforcement agencies.

As per the data collated by Nagpur Police, juveniles were accused in 26 murders in the past two years and 17 accused out of 26 were between age group of 16 and 18-years.
In 2011, four juveniles were arrested after they were accused of rape. The numbers rose to five in rape cases during year 2012. City cops nabbed 246 persons in 2011 for dacoity, robbery and thefts and their number increased to 253 in 2012. And in more than 70 per cent cases, offenders were in the age-group of 15-18 years, the statistics reveal.

Juvenile Justice Board functions in every district and they try cases under Juvenile Justice Act. Those who are below 18-year of age are considered as minor, a person who is mentally not developed enough to distinguish between the right and the wrong.

After brutal Delhi gang-rape case, in which one of the accused was minor, their is demand to decrease the age of minor from 18 to 16-years. In Maharashtra State, 145 juveniles were charged with murder and 135 others were held for attempt to murder in year 2011. And ironically State has the dubious distinction of figuring at top as to involvement of juvenile delinquents in serious crimes. In Madhya Pradesh, 271 juveniles were booked for rape followed by Maharashtra with 125. Maharashtra has also recorded involvement of 1,256 juveniles in theft cases followed by Andhra Pradesh with 646.

Prof. Dr Vijay Shingnapure who teaches at Tirpude College of Social Work, felt that law must change as per time. While earlier it was fit that juvenile delinquents were those below 18-years of age, but in modern times children are maturing fast. By age of 14-years most of them are having full knowledge of their behaviour.

As to rising involvement of juvenile in serious crimes, Prof Shingnapure blamed it on society, which has lost sense of right and wrong. Look at what is dished out on television and also in our films and in this bombardment how can children not get swayed.
Juvenile offender

In fact, Principal District Judge Subhash Mohod while addressing a seminar on Juvenile Justice organised on Sunday had said, “Juvenile crime ratio is increasing day by day and it is very high in metro cities. In past few years, it is observed that the juvenile crime is also spreading its wings in Nagpur also. Unawareness among acting bodies and police about the Juvenile Justice Act is also a matter to think.”



Nagpur City

Heads     2011 2012 (Till November)

Murder       18 08
Atmt to murder  05 17
Rape   01 05
Molestation   03 00 
Eve-teasing   02 00
Robbery     17 28
Burglary     88 78
Thefts   141 147
Riots   15 15
Grievous hurt   78 84
Other IPC Crimes 62   55
Total   439 461
(As per city police)


Maharashtra

Murder                   145
Attempt to murder  135
Rape     125
Kidnapping   50
Dacoity   48
Robbery     176
Burglary     571
Theft     1256
(As per NCRB record 2011)

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