A dangerous precedent - secret leaking of police proceedings

[prasad1]

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As a lay person I have strong feelings against Asaram and Sai, and I am not a follower of any godman. I do have strong position against anybody being railroaded. These kind of leaking selected information from interrogation should be stopped.

Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai has admitted to rape charges, claims Surat Police - Indian Express

Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai has admitted to rape charges, claims Surat Police.
Controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai has "more or less" accepted the rape allegations levelled against him by a woman, police claimed on Wednesday.


"During our intense questioning, Sai has more or less accepted the rape allegations levelled against him by one of the two (Surat-based) sisters," Surat Commissioner of Police Rakesh Asthana told mediapersons. Sai has also revealed to police during interrogation that he had physical relationships with eight of his female disciples, he said. "It has also come to light that he fathered a child with one of his sevikas (disciple)," Asthana said.


Sai was subjected to joint interrogation by police along with the complainant, the official said, adding intense quizzing was carried out to find out how he evaded arrest for 58 days and who helped him when he was absconding. Police said that Sai was also interrogated in the presence of his estranged wife.

By leaking this information before the trial the police has poisoned the field, and without collaborating evidence a court should exonerate him. But he will be tainted for life. That is not justice.:mad2:

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[sarang]

It happens all the time in all cases. The press gets a copy of interrogation report, charge sheet, parliamentary board reports, commission of inquiry reports and in fact everything under the sun. There is no secrecy and none of the official who leaked is taken to task. The old method of smuggling out carbon paper or a cyclostyled copy and handing it over in a secret place is history. Pendrive and email has revolutionized the whole process. Many of the army and defense ministry documents were regularly taken out on pendrives. Whenever arnab goswami shows a document on tv, it is certain to be a poorly scanned document.

Well, there are exceptions. Two years ago, a report was sent from korean embassy in a five and quarter inch floppy. The concerned department in the government did not have a floppy drive in any computer; and the report was put in store and never read!