Negligence of police

Complainant filed criminal petition before Supreme Court, which was also dismissed, however during pendency of proceedings before Supreme Court about 30 directions were issued to police to recover the abductee, but no progress was made

Police could not effect recovery of abductee despite lapse of six years and ultimately on account of personal efforts of brother of abductee, her whereabouts were traced

After her recovery abductee recorded her statement under S.164, Cr.P.C. alleging that a police official had abducted her and subjected her to sexual intercourse and ultimately forcibly got her married to his brother, and that she was also sold to some person

Reports submitted by police during pendency of proceedings before Supreme Court showed that they offered different excuses for not effecting recovery of abductee inasmuch as they tried to persuade the court that abductee had died and DNA test of a dead body after exhumation was also conducted, and at one stage it was alleged that after abduction she had been taken to a different province

Supreme Court directed concerned Senior Superintendent of Police to take necessary steps to conduct investigation of the case fairly and honestly, and to go through the progress reports submitted by police from time to time in compliance of orders of the Supreme Court for effecting recovery of abductee, and to submit a report pointing out the names of persons of police department, who had failed to discharge their duties.