Police Not Registering FIR is Crime Under Law, No Protection To Such Public Servant From Sanction...
*Police officers who betray their public duty to protect criminals or frame innocent persons will no longer enjoy impunity—they will face imprisonment and prosecution.*
Supreme Court’s recent Landmark Judgment — K.P. Tamilmaran v. State, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 958 — *Directly Applicable to the Cases of Disha Salian and Sushant Singh Rajput*:
The Hon’ble Supreme Court’s judgment in K.P. Tamilmaran v. State, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 958, stands as a stern constitutional warning to all corrupt and dishonest police officers who abuse their official position to shield powerful accused persons and falsely implicate innocent citizens.
*In this case, the Court awarded life imprisonment to senior police officials who:*
*Deliberately delayed the registration of an FIR in a murder case for nine days, and*
*Falsely implicated the father of the deceased in serious criminal offences, thereby attempting to suppress the truth and derail justice.*
The Hon’ble Court condemned such conduct as a gross misuse of the state machinery and directed a CBI investigation to ensure independent and impartial inquiry. The Court made it explicitly clear that *police officers who act to protect powerful accused individuals, instead of upholding the law, shall now face the strictest of penal consequences, including imprisonment for life*.
Application to the Cases of Sushant Singh Rajput and Disha Salian:
The same pattern of malicious implication and institutional shielding of the real culprits is evident in the tragic cases of Sushant Singh Rajput and Disha Salian, thereby making the ratio decidendi of K.P. Tamilmaran squarely applicable.
In the case of Sushant Singh Rajput, his sister Ms. Meetu Singh was falsely implicated in FIR No. 576/2020 under the serious charge of abetment to suicide, despite her name not being mentioned in the original complaint lodged by Ms. Rhea Chakraborty on 06.09.2020. This fabricated FIR was subsequently declared false and baseless by both the CBI’s investigation report and the Bombay High Court’s judgment.
Similarly, in the case of Disha Salian, a false and defamatory narrative was propagated by certain media outlets, allegedly in collusion with SIT member and Investigating Officer Shri Shailendra Nagarkar, portraying her father, Mr. Satish Salian, as responsible for her death. This narrative not only caused grave mental agony to the family but also derailed the course of a fair investigation.
Conclusion:
The K.P. Tamilmaran ruling sends a clear constitutional message: *Police officers who betray their public duty to protect criminals or frame innocent persons will no longer enjoy impunity—they will face imprisonment and prosecution.* The Supreme Court’s decision is not only relevant but directly applicable to the ongoing miscarriage of justice in the cases of Sushant Singh Rajput and Disha Salian. It must therefore be invoked to demand accountability, prosecution, and punishment of all complicit officers and parties involved in these conspiracies.
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