Criminal Case Against 8-YO Girl: Petition Filed In OSCPCR Seeking Stern Action Against Cops | OTV News

Bhubaneswar: Trouble appears to be mounting for the police officers of Banamalipur outpost and Balipatna police station right here for reserving an eight-year-old woman in a prison case.
The Childline, Bhubaneswar as we speak filed a petition with the Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) calling the incident a violation of kid rights and demanded stringent motion in opposition to the accused police officers.
The Childline took cognizance of the ‘horrified news’ printed in numerous newspapers as we speak {that a} prison case has been filed in opposition to the minor woman underneath Section 107 of IPC (abetment).
Referring to the assertion of the woman’s father, the Childline has alleged that it’s not an inadvertent mistake of the police officer who registered this case Balipatana Police Station. Rather, ‘It is a deliberate motion in opposition to the kid. Because the investigating officer (IO) was already knowledgeable in regards to the age of the kid, however he was adamant.”
When the kid was produced earlier than the Court of Additional DCP, Bhubaneswar, her identify was faraway from the case.
Nothing is an offence which is finished by a toddler underneath seven years of age as per Section 82 of IPC and nothing is an offence which is finished by a toddler above seven years of age and underneath twelve, who has not attained enough maturity of understanding to evaluate the character and consequence of his conduct on that event, the Childline said within the letter.
“It is a matter of serious concern that a 7 to 8-year-old girl child has been mentally harassed by the police. This is a clear violation of Sec. 75 of Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and which attracts punishment for a minimum period of 3 years imprisonment and Rs 1 lakh fine or both,” Benudhar Senapati, Director of Childline stated.
Senapati has requested the fee to research the matter and take needed authorized motion in opposition to the involved police officer as per the provisions of legislation.
“An exemplary criminal proceeding against the investigating officer may kindly be initiated by the Commission in the matter if the incident is found true,” the letter added.
In a associated improvement within the case, a petition was filed with the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) within the matter demanding stringent motion in opposition to the in-charge and different police officers of Banamalipur police outpost and Balipatna police station.

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