The Mount Lavinia Chief Magistrate Harsha Sethunga yesterday warned the CID to conduct inquiries under the Penal Code and not to the whims and fancies of superior officers.
The Magistrate also said that CID officers who refused to agree should be asked to leave.
Referring to an attempt to obtain Attorney General’s advice without arresting an accused who had defrauded money in 2006, the Magistrate remarked that the officer in charge was not at liberty to favour his friends in violation of the Penal Code and warned that he must not try to mislead the Court.
Those warned were the Officers in Charge of the Commercial Complaints Investigation Unit Nos. 3 and 4 of the CID.
The CID officers were issued this warning at the hearing of an anticipatory bail application relating to a complaint made by a father against his son on the use of a forged power of attorney.
The Magistrate referring to an in incident wherein the CID had requested to seek Attorney General’s advice without arresting an accused, who had defrauded rupees six hundred thousand in the year 2006, remarked that the concerned Officer in Charge was not at liberty to favour friends in violation of the provisions of the Penal Code and warned that he (the concerned Officer in Charge) must not attempt to mislead court.
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The Magistrate also said that CID officers who refused to agree should be asked to leave.
Referring to an attempt to obtain Attorney General’s advice without arresting an accused who had defrauded money in 2006, the Magistrate remarked that the officer in charge was not at liberty to favour his friends in violation of the Penal Code and warned that he must not try to mislead the Court.
Those warned were the Officers in Charge of the Commercial Complaints Investigation Unit Nos. 3 and 4 of the CID.
The CID officers were issued this warning at the hearing of an anticipatory bail application relating to a complaint made by a father against his son on the use of a forged power of attorney.
The Magistrate referring to an in incident wherein the CID had requested to seek Attorney General’s advice without arresting an accused, who had defrauded rupees six hundred thousand in the year 2006, remarked that the concerned Officer in Charge was not at liberty to favour friends in violation of the provisions of the Penal Code and warned that he (the concerned Officer in Charge) must not attempt to mislead court.
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