Last updated: August 27, 2022, 4:30 PM IST
The court said the present case was fit for destruction of FIR (representative image)
The school principal is also requested to ensure that a classroom is available to do the necessary in compliance with all COVID protocols and standards
The Delhi Supreme Court overturned an FIR registered against a government school teacher here for carrying a live cartridge to the airport while asking him to take an extra month of classes for weak students at his school. Judge Jasmeet Singh asked the Directorate of Education to identify the weak students in the lower grades in the area and also requested the concerned school principal to provide a room for the extra classes, which would be conducted for two hours per working day.
FIR registered at the IGI Airport Police Station under Section 25 of the Arms Act 1959 is hereby quashed, provided that the petitioner attends two additional hours each working day for weak pupils in the school building where he currently teaches, for a period of one month, the court ordered in its recent decision. A copy of this order will be sent to the Directorate of Education to ensure that weak students in the lower grades in the area are identified. The school principal is also requested to ensure that a classroom is available to do the necessary in compliance with all COVID protocols and standards. The IO and the principal of the school will verify the said facts and ensure that the above classes take place, the court said.
The petitioner requested the destruction of the FIR, arguing that the cartridge he recovered at the airport was found on a road by him while he was studying at a school in Chamoli, Uttarakhand in the year 2008-2009 and has been with him ever since and he accidentally carried it to the airport. The court said the present case was fit to destroy FIR because it is purely due to a mistake that the live ammunition remained in his bag and he was not intentionally carrying the same one.
However, the court added that useful police time has been consumed and misused and therefore the petitioner must do a social good for society. Since the police force has been set in motion for committing and omissions and could have been saved if the petitioner had been more careful and vigilant. Police useful time has now been spent which could have been better spent on important cases but is misdirected on these minor matters, therefore the petitioner must do a social good for society, the court said.
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