Crime News Crime Diary 03 April 2015 : Crime News

Implement norms on not identifying child victims: HC

The Delhi High Court has directed all hospitals, courts and child welfare authorities in the city to start implementing guidelines on not disclosing the identity of a child victim of a crime by July 15.

On March 25, the court of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw asked the court registry to circulate the guidelines which it had finalised in an order issued last November.

Earlier, guidelines were issued on reporting of all crimes against children and restricting media from revealing any information pertaining to the identity of a child victim or juvenile offender. The guidelines were created by a court-appointed committee — including representatives from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the Delhi government, Press Council of India, NGOs working in the field of child rights and other stakeholders.

Sources said rules for police personnel and lawyers in cases relating to child victims or juveniles are yet to be finalised, as the Delhi Police and the Bar Council of India are yet to give their feedback on the draft suggestions.

The guidelines for hospitals include a ban on revealing the identity of a child, brought to any medical facility, to the media without orders from a court. Courts and child welfare authorities have been directed to “obliterate details leading to disclosure of identity of a child from judicial proceedings before issuing a certified copy or uploading them online.”

Hospitals have also been directed to create inquiry committees to look into any future leaks of information relating to the identity of a child and take action against the person who gave out such information.

In last week’s hearing, advocate Anant Asthana — who had filed the PIL in 2012, leading to formulation of the guidelines — informed the court that the they were not being implemented by the authorities.

Interestingly, the ban on revealing the identity of a child has also had negative effects. In February, a petition was filed by a child victim, alleging that she was unable to claim compensation because the Juvenile Justice Board was not giving out a copy of its order convicting the juvenile. Asthana said this issue has been resolved by the court’s latest directions.

Source: IndianExpress

4-year-old boy’s body found dumped in a gunny bag in Delhi

The body of a four-year-old boy, who had gone missing from his house in east Delhi’s Geeta Colony on Wednesday, was found dumped in a gunny bag at an abandoned plot on Thursday.

Police suspect the child was sodomized and then drowned.

The incident came to light when the child, out playing, did not return home. His family started looking for him in the neighbouring areas and lodged a missing report at Geeta Colony Police Station.

His body was recovered from an apartment near Pushta Road on Thursday morning. Sources said that CCTV footage of the area show a man dragging a gunny bag and dumping it in the abandoned plot. The bag was left behind a van. When the van left the place, a shopkeeper noticed the bag. On closer inspection, he saw the child’s head protruding out of the gunny bag. Locals informed police about the body.

The parents were called to recognize the body after which it was sent for post-mortem. The parents had received no ransom call.

According to police, there were no injury marks on the body. The child’s clothes were wet indicating that he could have been drowned to death in a water tub, sources said.

Sources also say that it is possible that the boy was sodomized. The post-mortem reports are awaited.

Several teams have been formed to investigate the matter.

Source: TOI

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