'Shocking Scenario': Punjab & Haryana HC Flags Trend Of Filing False Cases, Says Police Are Not Merely 'Postmen' For Forwarding Complaints

Flagging the rising trend of filing frivolous cases, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the investigating officers are not merely postmen, who are there only to forward the complaints they receive to the Courts and to add "unnecessary pressure to the judicial system" and "ruin lives of citizens. Flagging the rising trend of filing frivolous cases, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the investigating officers are not merely postmen, who are there only to forward the complaints they receive to the Courts and to add "unnecessary pressure to the judicial system" and "ruin lives of citizens." Justice Alok Jain said, "A very shocking scenario is emerging whereby false and frivolous cases are being lodged, but since there is no accountability or check on the actions of Investigating Officers which not only burdens the Courts but also ruins the lives of ordinary citizens as lodging an FIR is a starting point whereby the expertise of the Investigating Officer should be such that the truth should be revealed." The Court added that the Investigating Officers of the police authorities are not merely postmen, who are there only to forward the complaints they receive to the Courts and to add unnecessary pressure to the judicial system.