Maharashtra police: If accused acquitted, officer in charge of probe to face inquiry

“The aim is to look at cases that have fallen through and people are acquitted. The committees will look into the reasons for the acquittal. They will investigate whether the case went against the state because of shoddy investigation or failure of the prosecutor,” a senior Home Department official said.

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The committees will meet once every three months. If it finds that the investigation in a case was shoddy, it will send a report to the state headquarters, seeking disciplinary action against the officer.

The decision comes in the backdrop of a judgment passed by the SC last year.

The Gujarat government had approached it after the death sentence to a person accused of rape and murder of a six-year-old girl was overturned by the Gujarat High Court. The SC upheld the high court verdict, but expressed concern over the shoddy investigation that takes place in many criminal cases.