AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court has recommended the State Police Academy to train future cops not to get carried away in sentiments and to perform their duty in dispassionate manner and strictly adhere to the law.
The high court recommended so after it came to know that the Karanj police inspector was blamed for separating an interfaith couple last month. PI D V Tadvi justified the breach of norm on his part on the ground that the Hindu woman, who had eloped with her Muslim boyfriend and later got married after HC provided protection to them, was summoned to the police station after sunset on January 7 because her mother had made an emotional pitch and he did it to resolve the dispute. He had summoned the couple and not the woman alone. He, however, tendered unconditional apology and assured the court that it would not receive such a complaint in future.
Upon receiving the apology and assurance, the bench of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Sangeeta Vishen put an end to the habeas corpus proceedings. But the bench wrote, “We also recommend and expect the State Police Academy to indicate the need of strict adherence to law and the principles established under the law, as also inculcate sensitivity with dispassionate actions, to give fillip to the constituted ethos.”
The high court had called for explanation from the cop because the woman, who is a Lok Rakshak Dal (LRD) trainee, complained that she was summoned after sunset and allowed to go at 3am. She went to her training at Gomtipur and then sought transfer to Junagadh. The court noticed that the police inspector was swayed by the emotional outburst and the health condition of the mother, who was seeking custody of the young woman. The judges said, “We are of the opinion that these are the moments which every officer faces routinely and that is where his training, his conviction and his adherence to the law would be required to govern him and the system.”