Justice (retd) Mehtab Singh Gill Commission on Wednesday submitted to Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh its seventh interim report on politically motivated, false cases registered during the erstwhile SAD-BJP regime.
The report recommends cancellation of 21 FIRs filed maliciously, while dismissing 158 frivolous complaints out of the total of 179 cases examined in this round.
Of the total 4,213 complaints received by it, the Commission has, so far, dealt with 1,074, of which 746 have been dismissed, while action has been recommended on 328 complaints.
Besides cancellation of FIRs in 21 cases in its seventh interim report, the Commission has also recommended disciplinary action against the erring police officers or officials, including registration of FIR against certain police officials under Section 58 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Sections 193 and 195 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The Commission has also recommended award of adequate monetary compensation to the accused (complainants before the Commission) to be recovered from certain police officials, and initiation of proceedings under section 182 of the IPC against author of the FIR and against certain prosecution witnesses.
The dismissals relate to cases of challans being put up in the Courts, trials going on in the Courts, or there being no political vendetta, or the complaint is of such a nature which is not concerned with the Commission, according to an official spokesperson.
In order to fast-track the implementation of various recommendations made so far by the Commission, the government has already appointed District Magistrates and District Attorneys as Nodal officers, said the spokesperson.
The State Home Department has also issued detailed instructions to the Director Prosecution and litigation, as well as to all the District Magistrates, SSPs, and District Attorneys, across the State in this regard.
The nodal officers have been directed to ensure strict compliance in line with the recommendations of Commission within three weeks, and submit their reports to the Commission directly under intimation to the Home Department.