Cops to dispense with FIRs on runaway kids

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe Greater Chennai City police will soon revert to its earlier system of filing comprehensive reports with photographs while rescuing runaway children of the city’s streets, instead of a First Information Report (FIR).The Juvenile Aid Police Unit (JAPU), that has been engaged in rescuing runaway children in the city, has been filing FIRs each time a kid is rescued. The practice of filing a report with photographs will again be followed once the proposal in this regard, submitted to the Police Commissioner, is approved, police officials said.“These children are not offenders. They are destitute children who are in need of care and protection and the Juvenile Justice Act also says the same,” said a senior police official.Police officials point out that according to the CrPC, only a cognisable offence committed by a juvenile is registered in an FIR. Now, the police have made plans to bring back the system of filing of reports, instead of an FIR.The report will have similar details as in an FIR such as name, parents’ name, residential address, circumstances and place of rescue, and property (if any) found with the rescued child. These reports will enable easy reference in future as they will carry a photograph of the rescued child unlike the FIR that does not have such an option. “The report will be for two pages with column wise details for easy reference,” said a police official.Once a report is filed, the child is either handed over to his or her parents after they produce valid documents to prove they are the real parents. Else, the child is produced before the Child Welfare Committee. “During inquiry, if the CWC finds that the child had been subjected to abuse or assault, a complaint will be filed with the local police, who will then investigate,” an official explains. Police said JAPU, started in 1960 to deal with rescue of destitute children aged below 16, who are not charged for offences (under the IPC, the prohibition Act and the Immoral Traffic Act) had so far rescued 553 children in the last six months.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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The Greater Chennai City police will soon revert to its earlier system of filing comprehensive reports with photographs while rescuing runaway children of the city’s streets, instead of a First Information Report (FIR).

The Juvenile Aid Police Unit (JAPU), that has been engaged in rescuing runaway children in the city, has been filing FIRs each time a kid is rescued. The practice of filing a report with photographs will again be followed once the proposal in this regard, submitted to the Police Commissioner, is approved, police officials said.

“These children are not offenders. They are destitute children who are in need of care and protection and the Juvenile Justice Act also says the same,” said a senior police official.

Police officials point out that according to the CrPC, only a cognisable offence committed by a juvenile is registered in an FIR. Now, the police have made plans to bring back the system of filing of reports, instead of an FIR.

The report will have similar details as in an FIR such as name, parents’ name, residential address, circumstances and place of rescue, and property (if any) found with the rescued child. These reports will enable easy reference in future as they will carry a photograph of the rescued child unlike the FIR that does not have such an option. “The report will be for two pages with column wise details for easy reference,” said a police official.

Once a report is filed, the child is either handed over to his or her parents after they produce valid documents to prove they are the real parents. Else, the child is produced before the Child Welfare Committee. “During inquiry, if the CWC finds that the child had been subjected to abuse or assault, a complaint will be filed with the local police, who will then investigate,” an official explains. Police said JAPU, started in 1960 to deal with rescue of destitute children aged below 16, who are not charged for offences (under the IPC, the prohibition Act and the Immoral Traffic Act) had so far rescued 553 children in the last six months.