Ashutosh Sarkar

The High Court has said the investigation officer disregarded the Supreme Court guidelines and laws in seeking remand for actor Pori Moni for the second and third time in a narcotics case.

It also criticised two lower court judges for granting the remand prayers.

The full text of the HC order, which was released yesterday, said, “Moreover, crime is not a problem solely ­­for the police only, rather it is a community problem. The police department must believe that human life is very precious. A police officer has to think about the legal and basic issues before taking an accused on remand.”

The society vests the highest level of trust in the police department. But in the recent case, it seemed the IO to some extent disregarded the guidelines of the apex court as well as the laws, resulting in an obstacle to a smooth functioning of criminal justice system.

“We believe that justice would be met if the investigating officer explains the reasons in this regard,” the HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar Kajol said in the full text.