In the criminal complaint, the version of the woman does not gospel truth: Kerala HC | Kerala new

Kochi: The Supreme Court of Kerala has found that there is no suspicion in criminal matters, including sexual crimes, that the complainant's version is the “truth of the gospel”.

“There can be no one -sided investigation by the case of unilateral investigation established by the complainant just because the de facto complaint is a lady. There is no assumption that your version is the truth of the gospel in all cases and that the police can not only proceed on the basis of their statement without taking into account the accused's statement,” said the court.

“Nowadays there is a tendency to involve innocent people in criminal matters with serious allegations of sexual attacks,” said it in its order.

The observations of the Justice PV Kunhikrishnan came while he was given a man who was accused of sexually harassing a former employee. In this special case, the police did not investigate the defendant's initial complaint that the woman verbally abused and threatened him after he had released her because he had not worked properly, the court said.

The court added when the police found that the allegations of such women are wrong against men, “they can also take measures against the complainants”, as the law allows this.

The court also said that the compensation that a citizen caused due to incorrect consequences cannot be compensated by paying money alone. “His integrity, its position in society, its call, etc. can be ruined by a single false complaint. The police authorities should be vigilant and vigilant to find the truth in criminal matters during the investigation phase.

Therefore, it is the duty of the police to separate the grain from the grain before submitting final reports in criminal matters, ”added the court.

In this special case, the woman claimed that the defendant who was the manager of a company in which she worked had grabbed her arms with sexual intentions. On the other hand, the accused had complained to the police about the oral abuse and threats of the woman and also contained a pen drive with an audio recording of what she had said in accordance with the court order.

The court said it was an adaptation in which the investigative officer (IO) should also have examined the complaint's complaint. The court instructed the accused to create the Pen trip before the IO and ordered the official to investigate. “… if the de facto complaint (woman) has submitted a wrong case against the petent (accused), the appropriate lawsuit should be taken in accordance with the law,” said the court.

It instructed the defendant to appear before the IO and said when he was arrested, he is released against the deposit

The other deposit conditions, as appeared before the IO, included working with the probe if necessary and in this case not to influence or intimidate witnesses.
(With the inputs of living accommodation)