Jammu, May 01: Aiming at improving the quality of prosecution and trial in the court and for the logical conclusion of criminal cases, the Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj and Law & Justice Abdul Haq Khan convened a meeting of officers of prosecuting wing of Jammu division.
Among others, the meeting was attended by Advocate General D C Raina, DGP K Rajendra Kumar, IGP Jammu Danish Rana, Secretary Law Mohammad Ashraf Mir, Director Prosecution Police Head quarters Pawan Gupta , Chief Prosecuting officers, Prosecuting officers, Additional Prosecuting officers.
The Minister while taking District wise review of the criminal cases pending before different courts directed the prosecutors to prepare monthly report in prescribed Performa which shall be constantly monitored by the Government. He gave clear cut instructions that there should no delay in submission of judgment to the Law department for examination so that decision for challenging the same is taken in a time bound manner. He also instructed Chief Prosecuting officers to properly monitor the investigation and trial of criminal cases so that same are prosecuted in a proper manner before the court of law.
Underscoring the importance of proper enforcement of rule of law and punishment to criminals to make the society crime free Mr. Haq asked the prosecuting officers (public prosecutors), to examine the key witnesses in such cases to ensure that no injustice is meted out to the victims and prosecution wing of the department has an important role in this regard , the Minister maintained.
He also asked the prosecutors to improve their proficiency and keep themselves updated to bring the cases to their logical conclusion. The Minister also directed Law Department to establish a cell in the Department for monitoring of working of the Public Prosecutors. He directed all the Prosecutors to work with full zeal so that the confidence of general public regarding dispensation of criminal justice is fully reposed. He informed all the participants that review of criminal cases shall be a regular feature and the performance of the prosecutors will be reviewed periodically.
Responding to the issue of hardships and difficulties faced by the officers, the minister assured that all efforts will be taken to create a conducive atmosphere for the officers in the department so that they are able to work in a free and neutral manner, adding that requisite measures will be put in place to strengthen the institutional mechanism
However the minister also directed the termination of services of public prosecutor Udhampur and Additional public prosecutor Kathua for their non performance in their respective districts.
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