Bokaro police forms special team for speedy disposal of cases in court

BOKARO: Apart from policing, investigation and arresting, the district police have come up with a greater role in ensuring speedy disposal of cases in court. Police have formed a special team to be punctual with the court process. In past few months, the dedicated team has sped up court trails and lessens pendency of cases in the district that help in regaining the confidence of people in the police system.

A special investigation and prosecution unit was formed by Bokaro police eight months ago to deal separately with the court. In six months span (January to August) court has awarded punishment to 181 accused in 225 cases here. Besides district police have submitted a final report of 1139 cases in court. SP, Bokaro, Karthik S who has launched the similar team in his earlier posting in Lohardagga has got a great success here.

He said “the system has been launched to create a people-friendly atmosphere besides bringing transparency and accuracy in policing. The SIPU is dealing effectively with the court process. After SIPU comes into existence, the sessions courts awarded imprisonment to 181 accused in 100 cases while magistrate court gave imprisonment in 125 cases between January to August”.

The team helped 4452 eye-witnesses record their statement in the courts in different cases. SP added, of the 50 cases opted for speedy trial, in eight cases 10 accused were awarded rigorous imprisonment. In one such case of rape of a minor girl in Kasmar, court had awarded life term to the accused. In another case of gang rape, court had awarded 20 years rigorous imprisonment to three accused.

According to the police data, courts have awarded life imprisonment to 68 accused in 30 different cases. 18 accused have been awarded 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in 15 cases. Six accused have been awarded seven-year jail term in four cases. Meanwhile, 57 accused have been awarded five-year imprisonment in 30 cases. Team is headed by DSP, CCR and comprises, inspector-in-charge, two court officers, 17 special investigation officers (SIO) and 25 court nodal officers.

“Dedicated police team have been assigned tasks under the team to deal separately with the investigation and maintaining court process. This reduces pendency of the case and makes things move faster,” said Karthik S.