Bal Thackeray post: Shaheen Dhada, Renu Shrinivas 'rights hurt'
with section 46(4) of CrPc, a female accused can be arrested only after sunrise and not before. In this case, the rule was violated and they should not have been brought to the police station in the night, the lawyer said.
Singh further alleged that the girls were first booked under section 195 IPC (giving or procuring false evidence with intent to secure a conviction of an offence) and later this section was changed to 505 (2) IPC (statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes).
Singh also demanded dismissal of the police officers involved in registering this case.
She further said that she had lodged a complaint with the Women's Commission despite police ordering a probe as she was afraid that investigations would not be transparent and would never conclude.
Singh said if the State Commission for Women did not respond to her complaint then she would move an appropriate court seeking judicial intervention to get justice for the two girls.
