Taking insight of late crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras and different other states, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given an advisory to each and every state and Union Territories (UTs) guiding them for “mandatory” police action in such cases with a necessary registration of First Information Report (FIR).
It has additionally cautioned that any negligence on part of the police to hold fast the compulsory prerequisites in crimes against women will be investigated and the essential move will be made promptly against the concerned officials answerable for the errors.
The advisory states: “It is requested that states and UTs may suitably issue instructions to all concerned to ensure strict compliance with the provisions in the law”.
The states and the UTs have additionally been mentioned to monitor the cases on the Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offenses (ITSSO) to guarantee that appropriate subsequent move is made on the charge sheet of the guilty in a convenient way as required in the law.
The Ministry gave the advisory on Friday, days following a 19-year-old Dalit young girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by four men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras prompting her death. As comparable crimes were reported for in Jharkhand and Rajasthan, and different states prompting boundless protests and political clamour, the Ministry made the move to give the new advisory.
In the advisory, the Ministry alluded to its May 16, 2019 advisory on a “failure to record information under sub-section (1) of Section 154 of CrPC punishable under 166A of the Indian Penal Code”.
The MHA took reference of its another advisory dated December 5, 2019, with respect to ideal and proactive move by the police in instances of crimes against women.
The Ministry additionally referenced Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the examination and indictment of sexual assault against women gave by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) and included focuses with respect to circulation of the Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits to states and UTs by BPR&D as portrayed in MHA’s letter dated October 5 this year.
NCRB’s report uncovers a sexual assault occurs every 16 minutes in India and UP tops the list of crimes against women.
Every four minutes females encounter brutality on the hands of her in-laws. In 2019, the nation had recorded 88 sexual assault each day. Of the complete 32,033 registered rape cases in the year, 11% were from the Dalit community group.
with IANSinput
