<p> The order follows the submission of a report by Principal Secretary to Home Department, S M Jaamdar. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice Ashok B Hinchigeri also directed the government to appoint police personnel to all the courts exclusively to serve summons and warrants.<br /><br />G R Mohan had moved the court seeking directions to the Home Secretary and the Director General and Inspector General of Police for execution of the warrant against the former minister.<br /><br />Damning report<br /><br />Jaamdar, who appeared before the court, submitted that the police had failed to execute the warrant though Reddy was present in Bellary. <br /><br />In his report, he has recommended criminal action against three policemen - C Suryanarayana, a constable; M Umesh, a police inspector, both attached to Toranagallu station; and H Ramakanth, CIP of Sandur police station. <br /><br />‘Evasive’ replies<br /><br />The reports term “evasive,” the statements of Additional Superintendent of Police Ashok Kurer and DySP H Y Turai during the inquiry. “Fresh charges will have to be served on them on the basis of the information gathered in this inquiry,” it says.<br /><br />Describing the failure to execute warrants as a “collective failure,” the report points out that IGP (Eastern Range) H N Satyanarayana Rao and the then DG and IGP Ajai Kumar Singh “have not acted seriously and promptly in enforcing the non-bailable warrants.” <br />Each of the officers has tried to pass the buck to others as they were afraid of the consequences of enforcing the law against a powerful minister in the State Cabinet and turned deaf and blind to the judicial process, the report notes. <br /><br />However, the Principal Secretary submitted in the court that he cannot initiate action against the police top brass, but can only act against lower rung staff directly under his purview.<br /><br />The Bench later sought to know the fate of an earlier proposal to appoint police personnel to courts dealing with criminal cases for execution of summons and warrants. <br />Additional Advocate General K M Nataraj replied that the appointments would be made in a month.<br /><br />The petitioner had stated that Reddy, despite being a minister, did not appear before the court though warrants were issued against him on nine occasions.</p>
<p> The order follows the submission of a report by Principal Secretary to Home Department, S M Jaamdar. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice Ashok B Hinchigeri also directed the government to appoint police personnel to all the courts exclusively to serve summons and warrants.<br /><br />G R Mohan had moved the court seeking directions to the Home Secretary and the Director General and Inspector General of Police for execution of the warrant against the former minister.<br /><br />Damning report<br /><br />Jaamdar, who appeared before the court, submitted that the police had failed to execute the warrant though Reddy was present in Bellary. <br /><br />In his report, he has recommended criminal action against three policemen - C Suryanarayana, a constable; M Umesh, a police inspector, both attached to Toranagallu station; and H Ramakanth, CIP of Sandur police station. <br /><br />‘Evasive’ replies<br /><br />The reports term “evasive,” the statements of Additional Superintendent of Police Ashok Kurer and DySP H Y Turai during the inquiry. “Fresh charges will have to be served on them on the basis of the information gathered in this inquiry,” it says.<br /><br />Describing the failure to execute warrants as a “collective failure,” the report points out that IGP (Eastern Range) H N Satyanarayana Rao and the then DG and IGP Ajai Kumar Singh “have not acted seriously and promptly in enforcing the non-bailable warrants.” <br />Each of the officers has tried to pass the buck to others as they were afraid of the consequences of enforcing the law against a powerful minister in the State Cabinet and turned deaf and blind to the judicial process, the report notes. <br /><br />However, the Principal Secretary submitted in the court that he cannot initiate action against the police top brass, but can only act against lower rung staff directly under his purview.<br /><br />The Bench later sought to know the fate of an earlier proposal to appoint police personnel to courts dealing with criminal cases for execution of summons and warrants. <br />Additional Advocate General K M Nataraj replied that the appointments would be made in a month.<br /><br />The petitioner had stated that Reddy, despite being a minister, did not appear before the court though warrants were issued against him on nine occasions.</p>
