DELHI GOVT'S ACB HAS THE JURISDICTION TO ARREST POLICEMEN: HC
Last Updated: Monday,
May 25, 2015 - 15:59
New Delhi: Delhi
government's anti-corruption branch has the jurisdiction to arrest policemen,
the Delhi High court held today while dismissing bail application of a head
constable who was arrested by the ACB in a corruption case.
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A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi disallowed Anil Kumar's bail
application saying his submission that the Anti- Corruption Branch (ACB) of the
Government of National Capital Territory Delhi (GNCTD) does not have the competence
or jurisdiction to act on the complaint of the complainant is rejected.
"Since the
applicant is a Delhi Police personnel serving the citizens in the NCTD and the
functions of the Delhi Police personnel substantially and essentially relate to
the affairs of the GNCTD, in my view, the ACB of the GNCTD has the jurisdiction
to entertain and act on a complaint under the PC Act in respect of a Delhi
Police officer or official, and to investigate and prosecute the crime,"
the judge said.
The head constable was
arrested on May 2 from the Sonia Vihar police station in Northeast Delhi by the
ACB. Earlier on May 14, the high court had pulled up the Delhi police for
questioning the jurisdiction of ACB in arresting Kumar.
He was arrested after a
scrap dealer filed a complaint on the anti-corruption helpline 1033 that Kumar
had been demanding Rs 20,000 as bribe and threatening to implicate him in false
cases.