Indian Social Forum’s Central Committee, Dammam has issued a press release condemning police atrocities and brutality at educational campuses over the last few days where the police has used force to stop protesters of CAA and NRC.
Condemning the use of force in Jamia Milia, Aligarh University and Darul Uloom, the forum added that the central government was compromising with secular principles of the country. It also added the central government using colonial laws such as NRC and CAA is discriminating between majority and minority communities.
“The forum condemns police atrocities at education campus such as Jamia Milia, Aligarh University & Darul-Uloom. Central government has passed colonial laws against its own citizens, legislation which are passed by the current government are against the basics principles of secularism which is the foundation of our great nation. By getting Citizenship Amendment Act union government is discriminating between the majority and minority communities in India, which is also the agenda of ruling party. The role of Delhi Police which is under Central government has also raised several doubts” the press release stated.
Waseem Udupi, President Indian Social Forum, said "In our democratic country every citizen has equal rights to protest against the unconstitutional laws passed by government, it has been noticed that government is misusing its agencies to crush the protesters who are against the Citizen Amendment Act CAA and branding the protesters as anti-national".
“We have witnessed many peaceful protest and rallies have been organized all over India against this black law. Here by Indian Social forum support the peace full protests which are against the people of India. Instead passing these black laws we argue government to take approximate step to resolve the economic crisis of the country instead implementing their saffron agenda” the press statement added.
The Forum expressed solidarity with all the education institution under attack by union government agency over the last week especially with the student of JNU, BHU, HCU, IIT Mumbai, TISS, Delhi University & Jadhavpur university campus and urged government to stop violence of agencies against the civilians protesting CAA.
Wasim Udupi chaired the meeting. Nameer Cheruvadi welcomed members and executive to the meeting while Ashraf Puttur presented vote of thanks.
Sharif Jokatte & Salahuddin from Karnataka, Mohammad Habib & Jahangir Arushi from Tamil Nadu, Nasir Koduvally & Mubarak Poyilthodi from Kerala, Mansoor Shah, Mohammad Tahir & Mohammad Azim from Delhi Zone were present during the meeting.
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SC sets aside HC order granting bail to police officer accused of raping minor
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court has set aside the Allahabad High Court order granting bail to a police officer accused of raping a 13-year-old girl who was brought to a police station in Uttar Pradesh for registering a complaint of alleged sexual assault on her by four persons.
The apex court said that there is no reason to justify the grant of bail to the accused who was the Station House Officer (SHO) and allegedly grossly abused his office to commit "same heinous crime" of raping the minor victim.
A bench of justices A S Bopanna and Sanjay Kumar delivered the order on a plea filed by the victim's mother challenging the March 2 last year order of the high court.
"In the present case, the situation is far worse as respondent no.1, being the station house officer of the police station, where the minor victim girl was brought for securing her justice, is alleged to have resorted to committing the same heinous crime of raping her," the bench said in its order passed on Friday.
"In this situation, his prayer for grant of bail required more than the cursory appraisal that was bestowed by the high court. We do not find any reasons worth the name justifying the grant of bail to respondent no.1 at this stage," it said.
It allowed the appeal filed by the victim's mother and set aside the high court order.
The bench directed that the accused shall surrender forthwith, failing which the state shall take necessary steps to apprehend him and send him to judicial custody.
Senior advocate H S Phoolka appeared for the victim's mother in the case.
She had approached the apex court against the high court order granting bail to the accused in an FIR lodged for alleged offences under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including that of rape, and under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
In its order, the top court noted that according to the prosecution, the minor girl was placed in the custody of the SHO on April 27, 2022 in connection with registering a complaint against four men, who were alleged to have sexually assaulted her.
