Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey on Thursday, June 9, instructed officials that cases of molestation and crimes under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act should be registered only upon the recommendation of an ACP and with the permission of the zonal DCP.
He also noted that officials must ensure no motivated cases are registered which results in unnecessary maligning of the image of the individual, against whom the offence has been registered.
This development came in view of the instances where false cases are registered due to personal rivalry or disputes over property, money matters and personal issues. And in many such cases, the accused is arrested immediately without verification of facts, and later the complaint is found to be fake.
To avoid this, police officials have been instructed to register First Information Reports (FIRs) for molestation or under the POCSO Act only after getting a recommendation of the divisional assistant commissioner of police and with the permission of the zonal deputy commissioner.
The accused person’s reputation gets tarnished for no reason even though he is eventually discharged, the commissioner said in the order. An official stated that they have got the order copy and will be deciding as to how to implement it.
Cases of crime against minors between January-April 2022
Rape: cases registered (192), cases detected (174)
Kidnapping: cases registered (355), cases detected (258)
Molestation with POCSO: cases registered (161), cases detected (129)
Eve-teasing with POCSO: cases registered (11), cases detected (07)
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