“The other principle of criminal jurisprudence is that even if the victim is not willing to lodge a complaint against the tormentor, action must be initiated against the accused,” Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil said here.
“In this case of illegal tapping of phone and stalking of a woman at the instance of Chief Minister, BJP is not able to find any defence. It has just managed to have a baseless letter from the father of the lady that he does not want to lodge any complaint or demand any investigation. Gohil said it is clearly listed in Criminal Procedure Code which cases are compoundable and telephone tapping, stalking by police without written permission, misuse of government machinery, cannot be compounded.
“Hence, by saying that the affected person does not want to lodge a complaint or have investigation does not make the offence compoundable (cases where the victim agrees to drop charges against the accused),” Gohil said.
Updated on: November 20, 2013 23:38 IST
