The Hon’ble High court Jabalpur issued notices and asked to file reply from the central government ministry of women and child development and the National Commission for child development also to the state government, and crime branch on an the alleged matter which pertains to the violation, effective implementation of the law related to juveniles and protection of their identity which is of utmost importance as per the law and has been retaliated time and again by the supreme court of India.
The crime branch illegally on 1/7/2019 allegedly conducted the raid and framed a minor in the offence involving gambling activities in a cricket match. Without following the due process and in an arbitrary way the crime branch and the house station office madhotal in detail disclosed the identity of the minor petitioner in various documents.
Aggrieved by this the petitioner Dheeraj Kumar Kukarega and minor approached the Hon’ble High Court for the protection of their fundamental rights and statutory rights which was violated by the central and state government in the name of frivolous raids done by the Police Department in the aforementioned context.
The Hon’ble High Court principal seat Jabalpur’s single bench presided by Hon’ble Justice Shri Subodh Abhayankar today taking note of the contentions advanced by the petitioner’s Advocate Shri Dheeraj Kumar Tiwari that time and again the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has issued various guidelines to the central and state the government so as to the effect that the identity of the person who is a minor and is if at the threshold alleged to be in conflict with law is not to be disclosed in any manner. The arguments advanced by the learned counsel Shri Dheeraj Kumar Tiwari pertains to the violation of Sec 74 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and protection) act 2015 which obstructs any person or authority from publishing or disclosing such identification demographics and the state government has not given proper training and workshop to the concerned police officers for dealing with the cases which involves a minor and the crime branch rather than acting as a responsible authority time and again is framing innocent people only in order to earn goodwill within their department however such activity of the police is in direct contravention of the law and the same needs to be checked and monitored from time to time as the authorities are making abuse of the law. Taking note of the same and seriousness of the offence which is done by the state government the high court took cognizance of the illegal act of the government and accepting the contentions of the counsel of the petitioner directed the central government ministry of women and child development, National Commission for child development, State government Ministry of women and child development, State Commission for child development, Crime Branch and Inspector General of Police to file their reply and submit a report so as to why such activities are being done and what steps have been taken by the state government to ensure that such illegal activity which is being done by the police shall be curbed and a check and balance to be maintained and monitored.
The Hon’ble High Court has also issued notices to the crime branch and the Station House office madhotal Jabalpur also stating that why the identity of the minor was not protected and the status of the juvenile police unit within the state being so venerable what are the steps to be taken in the effective implementation of the JJ Act and so as to why the police officers involved in handling such offences cannot be punished.
