Court warns unchecked police brutality could turn force 'like Nazi Germany'
AI generated image What was the issue What did the court say NEW DELHI: The Patna high court has ordered the police to register an
AI generated image What was the issue What did the court say NEW DELHI: The Patna high court has ordered the police to register an FIR against Kamal Nayan Pandey, the then Station House Officer (SHO) of Murar Police Station in Buxar, accused of brutally beating a man and breaking both his legs, allegedly because of his caste.
The order came after the police repeatedly refused to file a case despite the victim's written complaints.The complainant, Manish Kumar, said that on 4 July 2024 he had gone to a friend's shop to upload some
land documents online. Around 2 PM, while he stepped away briefly, a police vehicle arrived and SHO Kamal Nayan Pandey questioned him, and when he learnt Kumar's caste, he allegedly abused him and beat him with
a baton, breaking both his legs.Kumar wrote to the police station, the Superintendent of Police, and the District Magistrate asking for an FIR to be registered, but nothing happened. He eventually approached the high court.He submitted an
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