Shillong, May 13: The CSWO is peeved at the present legal set up of the state of Meghalaya, where Government Pleaders are selecting whom to help and whom not to and in the process the woman seeking for justice gets reprieve only if the Public Prosecutor is Honest and upright, alleged the president of the CSWO Smti Agens Kharshiing.
Smti Agens said this is evident in the case of Prerna Narwani aka Bhavna Mordani, a woman from Meghalaya, married to a Mumbaikaar, who had to undergo two forced abortions, was thrown from a moving car, and was also threatened to be killed and that acid would be thrown on her face if she would not pay dowry. The perpetrator “Vivek Narwani” aka “Vickey Narwani” aka “Mistah Bond” as he calls himself and his family even threatened to get their daughters raped and abducted if he did not get the money which he demanded as dowry. Yet in such a situation, the perpetrator gets more indulgence than the victim from the Public Prosecutor who instead of supporting an honest Investigating Officer and objecting the bail strongly, takes a lenient view facilitating the Defence.
The Investigating Officer (IO) of the case, prayed for 8 more days police custody, but the Public Prosecutor instead of supporting and backing the IO, left the court room while the IO was making her submissions. He instead commented as to why the police is asking for more custody and left it to the judge to decide. It was like giving a hint to the judge that he had no objections he did not support the IO.
With such Public Prosecutors (I C JHA) no justice to the cause of women will be achieved. While on Camera, he spoke about a strong Prima facie case, but prior to that in a closed court where relatives of the victims weren’t allowed but relatives of the accused were well seated in the court room with curtains drawn, he neither supported the IO in taking Police Custody nor her fervent request for further police custody to enable her to gather further collaborating evidence.
The relatives of the victim had to stand outside to get a glimpse and hear to get an idea as to what was going on inside. It appeared that the Public prosecutor was more inclined to help the defense rather than support the case of the State for a weak woman victim and that too, at a time where violations against Women are on the rise and where the Government is showing its interest in curbing crimes against women and children specially female child.
It is so strange also that a person from another State who has been arrested under Sections 498(A), 313, 315, 326, 506, Provision of Dowry Act, managed to get so much special preference, relaxation, indulgence by the PP specially when there were 2 session triable sections that is 313 and 315, IPC, ( Getting an unborn child killed), which alone justified further Police Custody. But still Police custody was not granted and he was sent to Judicial custody, which will facilitate the granting of bail. It will not be surprising with such Prosecution if bail is granted on Monday.
So, the Organization urges the Government that such types of weak Prosecution should not be encouraged and also urge to the Courts that with such weak Prosecution also the Courts should do justice to the victims.Said the president of the CSWO Agnes Kharshiing.(SP News)
