The implication of innocents in false cases by the Punjab Police for political and other reasons has been a matter of surmises for long.
A perusal of the 420-page report, submitted to the Punjab Chief Minister, makes it clear that the cases were registered for offences, including cheating, forgery and rape.
It says the FIR cancellation reports were filed before the trial courts in 236 cases and proceedings under Section 182 of the IPC was initiated in 35 cases.
The report adds compensation was awarded in 33 cases and action against erring police officers/ officials has been taken in 17 cases.
A former Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Gill, resigned from the commission in March last year after his appointment as the State’s Chief Vigilance Commissioner.
The report makes it clear that the commission did not go into 1,132 complaints due to pending trials.
The commission did not find merit in 1,179 complaints, while 224 were returned to the state’s Home Department, being without jurisdiction.
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