Udaipur CI lands in Dausa court's lockup for not deposing in long pending case

UDAIPUR: Non appearance in a long standing court case landed a police officer in trouble on Thursday when a ‘Gram Nyayalaya’(a village court) situated in Dausa sent him inside the lock up for sometime before he could file a bail application. The officer had to spend an hour inside the court’s lockup for regularly failing to appear in a case pending against him.
Rajesh Sharma, presently posted as the SHO at Dhanmandi police station in Udaipur was ordered to spend an hour inside the court's lockup for regularly failing to appearing in a case pending against him while he arrived at the court in Dausa. An arrest warrant was also issued against him in which he was asked to make his appearance on Friday, however, due to non confirmity of date, the officer happened to appear before the court on thursday. The presiding officer ordered him to be kept in the lockup for some time and later released him on bail.
According to sources, Sharma was the incharge of Kolva police station of Dausa in 2004. A complainant from Berawas village had went to the station to lodge a case regarding sale of his motorcycle through fraudulent manner.
The cop didnt register the case and so the complainant lodged a case at the Dausa court.
The court took cognizance in the matter and directed the police station to register the complaint. However, the officer didnt adhere to the court's order and the FIR wasnt registered. The case has been pending for over 10 years. And during these years the officer got transferred and served at various places. Meanwhile, the court had issued warrants for the inspector's appearance but the cop didnt turn up even once, sources said.
Sharma came to know of the arrest warrant but perhaps didnt knew the hearing date that was scheduled for Friday. He appeared before the court on thursday which ordered him to be kept in lockup.