State opposes case against cops

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, March 10: The Advocate-General, Mr CV Mohan Reddy,on Monday argued before a larger bench of the AP High Court that theregistering of cases against police personnel involved in encountersunder Section 302 of IPC will be disastrous to society.Reacting to a straight query from the larger bench that what's wrong ifa case is registered against the police personnel who participated inencounter, the AG said "if court interprets that a case under Section 302of IPC must be registered in every case of encounter it is disastrous tosociety".He also said "police have been using their weapons to discharge alawful duty. If registration of a case has become mandatory nopoliceman will dare to use his weapon for the protection of people andtheir safety".Justice G Raghuram observed "you are registering a case againstunknown maoists\naxalites under Section 307 of IPC following deathin an incident of exchange of fire. It is undisputed fact that the policeare admitting that death took place during exchange of fire. In thesecircumstances what's wrong in registering a case of murder against thepolice. Similarly, you register a murder case against the police and lateryou should avail of plea of quash, which is a remedy available in law".