BOMBAY HIGH COURT ORDERED ENQUIRY AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS FOR USING AC, WATER-COOLER, TV, COMPUTER AT POLICE STATION WITHOUT PAYING SUPPLIER

The Bombay High Court in the case Nainesh Panchal vs State of Maharashtra observed and is disturbed to note that a police station in Thane city used air conditioners, water coolers, computers, LED TV, printers and other valuable electronic devices, for free and later on when the supplier demanded money, the station officers returned the equipment without paying a penny.

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The Division bench comprising of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Dr Neela Gokhale was hearing the present matter.

The bench in its order noted that the Director General of Police, Maharashtra to look into the allegations and filing a report before it.

The court in the case stated that, 'before passing the operative part, we must note a disturbing feature in this case. The allegations in the complaint are quite serious. First of all it is hard to understand as to how the police officers from a particular police station can take such expensive articles from a private party without following due procedure. Secondly, if the allegations are true, some serious action needs to be taken," the judges observed in the order passed on October 23.