Resort receptionist’s homicide: Plea in SC seeks abolition of Revenue Police System in Uttarakhand

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: In the wake of the latest homicide of a teenage receptionist of a resort, who was allegedly murdered by the son of now expelled BJP chief, an utility has been filed within the Supreme Court looking for abolition of the Revenue Police System prevalent in lots of elements of State of Uttarakhand. 

Under the state’s income police (Patwari system), income officers double as policemen in hilly areas. The system was launched by the British authorities in 1861 and had additionally received authorized backing by means of an Administrative Order by the Lt Governor of the United Province in 1915. 

The utility has been filed by journalist Anu Pant who hails from Uttarakhand within the Uttarakhand authorities’s petition filed in 2018 difficult HC’s order of directing the state to abolish the British-era income police system being practiced in hilly terrains of the Himalayan state inside six months. 

It has been contended within the plea that {the teenager}’s homicide is a textbook instance of the failure of century-old Revenue Police System prevailing within the State of Uttarakhand which result in huge outrage amongst the general public at giant.

“Organisational Set up of Uttarakhand Police as has been mentioned on the official portal states that work of Revenue Police area comprises 61.19% whereas the work of Regular Police Area comprises only 38.81 %. The major police work is being carried out by the unequipped, inexperienced, untrained and a Century old Revenue Police system in the State of Uttarakhand,” the applying states. 

The plea additional states that the current Revenue Police System prevailing within the State of Uttarakhand is unconstitutional because it deprives the residents of Uttarakhand, equal safety of legislation as all of the Citizens aren’t been given the identical remedy in detection and Prevention, investigation and trial of felony instances. 

“Therefore, by practicing two different police systems by the State of Uttarakhand, the State has gone against the Spirit and essence of the Constitution of India,” plea states. 

Pant within the utility additionally contends that residents of the Uttarakhand authorities are being discriminated towards when it comes to the felony justice system since two, three districts of the state have the benefit of a daily police system. 

“This is a categorical violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and to the concept of Equal Protection of law enshrined under it,” plea filed by Advocates Rituparn Uniyal, Abhishek Kumar, Deeksha Saggi & Nayan Mishra states.

The sufferer’s father was made to run from pillar to submit by the police and income authorities for the registration of grievance for his daughter who went lacking on September 18 from Vanantra Resort the place she labored as a receptionist. When he reached the Revenue Police Chowki, Udaipur Talla on September 20, the patwari refused to register his grievance as the identical was registered already by the accused Pulkit Arya. 

NEW DELHI: In the wake of the latest homicide of a teenage receptionist of a resort, who was allegedly murdered by the son of now expelled BJP chief, an utility has been filed within the Supreme Court looking for abolition of the Revenue Police System prevalent in lots of elements of State of Uttarakhand. 

Under the state’s income police (Patwari system), income officers double as policemen in hilly areas. The system was launched by the British authorities in 1861 and had additionally received authorized backing by means of an Administrative Order by the Lt Governor of the United Province in 1915. 

The utility has been filed by journalist Anu Pant who hails from Uttarakhand within the Uttarakhand authorities’s petition filed in 2018 difficult HC’s order of directing the state to abolish the British-era income police system being practiced in hilly terrains of the Himalayan state inside six months. 

It has been contended within the plea that {the teenager}’s homicide is a textbook instance of the failure of century-old Revenue Police System prevailing within the State of Uttarakhand which result in huge outrage amongst the general public at giant.

“Organisational Set up of Uttarakhand Police as has been mentioned on the official portal states that work of Revenue Police area comprises 61.19% whereas the work of Regular Police Area comprises only 38.81 %. The major police work is being carried out by the unequipped, inexperienced, untrained and a Century old Revenue Police system in the State of Uttarakhand,” the applying states. 

The plea additional states that the current Revenue Police System prevailing within the State of Uttarakhand is unconstitutional because it deprives the residents of Uttarakhand, equal safety of legislation as all of the Citizens aren’t been given the identical remedy in detection and Prevention, investigation and trial of felony instances. 

“Therefore, by practicing two different police systems by the State of Uttarakhand, the State has gone against the Spirit and essence of the Constitution of India,” plea states. 

Pant within the utility additionally contends that residents of the Uttarakhand authorities are being discriminated towards when it comes to the felony justice system since two, three districts of the state have the benefit of a daily police system. 

“This is a categorical violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and to the concept of Equal Protection of law enshrined under it,” plea filed by Advocates Rituparn Uniyal, Abhishek Kumar, Deeksha Saggi & Nayan Mishra states.

The sufferer’s father was made to run from pillar to submit by the police and income authorities for the registration of grievance for his daughter who went lacking on September 18 from Vanantra Resort the place she labored as a receptionist. When he reached the Revenue Police Chowki, Udaipur Talla on September 20, the patwari refused to register his grievance as the identical was registered already by the accused Pulkit Arya.