Supreme Court slams Indore police officials for false affidavit:Commissioner ordered to explain actions; officers cited fake cases against accused seeking bail

The Supreme Court has strongly criticised two senior police officers of Indore for submitting a false affidavit in a serious case. The court has now made the Indore Police Commissioner a party to the matter. The officers had claimed that accused Anwar Hussain had multiple serious criminal cases against him, but the records showed otherwise. Officers made respondents The Supreme Court has made Additional DCP Dishesh Agrawal and Chandan Nagar police station in-charge Indramani Patel Respondents No. 2 and 3. The Indore Police Commissioner has been added as Respondent No. 5. The court has asked the Commissioner to submit a detailed affidavit in the next hearing on December 9. This affidavit must explain the action taken against the two officers. False claims in affidavit The officers had submitted an affidavit opposing Anwar Hussain’s bail. They claimed he was involved in eight criminal cases. Upon examination, the court found that in four of these cases, Anwar’s name was not present. One of these cases was under IPC Section 376 (rape). Investigation showed this case, registered in 2023, was against a person named Karan Pawar. It was not related to rape but to illegal possession of weapons under the Arms Act. The court said this was an attempt to distort facts and mislead the court. False affidavit also in HC The Chandan Nagar police station had also submitted a similar affidavit in the Indore bench of the High Court. It again claimed Anwar was involved in eight crimes. The court later confirmed that only three cases were actually registered against him, and five were wrongly mentioned or unrelated. Violation of fundamental rights Senior Advocate Neeraj Soni said the officers had violated Anwar’s fundamental rights and personal liberty. The Supreme Court therefore did not trust the affidavits. Reality of 4 false cases Anwar Hussain had applied for bail in a case under the Essential Commodities Act. The MP government claimed eight cases were registered against him. However, only four cases existed. Of these, two were reported in Mandleshwar, one in Sanawad, and one in Malharganj, Indore. One case in Mandleshwar was for theft, not serious crime. The Chandan Nagar police had wrongly reported a rape case, which was actually against another person, Karan Pawar. Counter affidavit filed Anwar’s lawyer filed a counter affidavit, stating that only four cases were registered against his client. One case had already resulted in acquittal. The court asked why the MP government had reported eight cases instead of four. Police admit mistake In a second affidavit, the police admitted their errors. They clarified that the three cases reported in Mandleshwar and Sanawad were against a different Anwar. The rape case was also against Karan Pawar, not Anwar Hussain. They called it a portal mistake and human error. SC hearing The Supreme Court will now review the detailed affidavit submitted by the Indore Police Commissioner. The court is monitoring the case closely to ensure accountability for the submission of false information.